CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
336 Jamaica 18.36 N -- 076.45 W Ugly River - Pencar 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): Ugly River - Pencar River
Political location(s): Jamaica
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; finely disseminated low-grade cu occurs in grits
Geologic province: Wagwater Belt
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Early Eocene (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone-siltstone-conglomerate
Individual lithologies:arkose (green - grey)
grit (arkosic)
siltstone
Host rock stratigraphy:Wagwater Formation, Pencar River Member
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) finely disseminated low-grade Cu occurs in grits; mineralization frequently associated with organic debris; fossil plant remains occur in horizons within Pencar River member
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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