CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
337 Jamaica 18.06 N -- 076.37 W Barbecue River Cu
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): Barbecue River
Political location(s): Jamaica; Subprovince or locality: North Barbecue Valley
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; in sandstone stratigraphically below lavas
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Early Eocene (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; mudstone-sandstone-conglomerate
Individual lithologies:sandstone
mudstone
grit
volcaniclastics (tuffaceous layers)
Host rock stratigraphy:Wagwater Formation
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in sandstone stratigraphically below lavas; shallow-water sandstone occur above & below multiple lava flows
References:
Fenton, A. D., 1979
Copper Prospects of Jamaica - A Geological Review
Bulletin, Geological Survey Department, Ministry of Mining and Natural Resources, Kingston, Jamaica, Publication code 9, 225 p.

Hughes, J. G., 1973
The Mineral Resources of Jamaica
Bulletin, Geological Survey Department, Ministry of Mining and Natural Resources, Kingston, Jamaica, Publication code 8, 89 p.


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