Past Producer

Meme Mine

Haiti
CopperSilverGold
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Description

Consolidated Halliwell Ltd

Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver
TertiaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model59: Skarn Cu
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formLENS, DISSEMINATED, VEINLETS
Ore controlLimestone-Intrusive Contact.
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Digenite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
GangueCalcite, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Hedenbergite, Hematite, Idocrase, Magnetite, Scapolite, Tremolite, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockMarble · Colombier Volcanic Sequence
Associated rockDiorite
StructureTerre-Neuve Mountains Form Double Plunging Anticline Cored By Quartz Monzonite Stock., Meme Fault (Nw-Se) Offsets Original Deposit 2000m To Nw Into Casseus And Meme Deposits.
Tectonic settingIsland Arc ?
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1957
Last production1988
Discovery year1956
Identification
Deposit ID10085134
MRDS IDW700677
Alternate namesIncludes Roche Glisse and Des Hommes Mines From Pre-1924, Sedren
RegionCR
Data scoreC
Coordinates19.57728, -72.75101
References
MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 46.KESLER, S.E., 1968, CONTACT-LOCALIZED ORE FORMATION AT MEME MINE, HAITI: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 63 P. 541-552.CIMRIKESLER (1968), MIN. MAG (1989).