Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model59: Skarn Cu
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlLimestone-Intrusive Contact.
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Pyrite
GangueCalcite, Diopside, Epidote, Magnetite, Specularite, Talc, Tremolite
Geology
Host rockMarble,Skarn (Tactite),Limestone · Miguinda Formation Of Colombier Volcanic Sequence
Associated rockDiorite · Colombier Volcanic Sequence;
StructureTerre-Nueve Mountains Form Double Plunging Anticline Cored By Quartz Monzonite To Quartz Diorite Stock.
Tectonic settingIsland Arc.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1910
Discovery year1728
Identification
Deposit ID10062279
MRDS IDTC35614
Alternate namesCasseu's
RegionCR
Data scoreC
Coordinates19.59367, -72.76629
References
WOODRING, W.P., BROWN, J.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1924, GEOLOGY OF THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, PORT-AU-PRINCE, 631 P.HARNISH, D.E., AND BROWN, P.E., 1986, PETROGENESIS OF THE CASSEUS CU-FE SKARN, TERRE NUEVE DISTRICT, HAITI: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 81 P. 1801-1807.KESLER, S.E., 1968, CONTACT-LOCALIZED ORE FORMATION AT THE MEME MINE, HAITI: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 63, NO. 5, P. 541-552.CIMRIWOODRING ET. AL (1924).WOODRING ET. AL (1924). HARNISH AND BROWN (1986).