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Chalcopyrite from
Haiti


Locality type:Country
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Haiti
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:454052
Long-form Identifier:1:3:454052:6
GUID (UUID V4):34184bdc-128e-4a1b-a0d7-f5e953a1c6c0
Localities for Chalcopyrite in this Region
Casseus, GonaĂŻves Arrondissement, L'Artibonite Department, Haiti
Memé Mine, Gonaïves Arrondissement, L'Artibonite Department, Haiti
Douvray Cu deposit, Ouanaminthe Arrondissement, Nord-Est Department, Haiti
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Contact-Localized Ore Formation at the Mem6 Mine, Haiti STEPHEN E. KESLER Abstract The Mem6 copper mine...deposition of hematite,magnetite,pyrite, molybdenite,chalcopyrite,bornite,chalcocite,and digenite(?) in that parageneticorder...in the centralTerre-Neuve Mountainsof northern Haiti (Fig. 1), is one of the Regional Geology largesthypogenemetal...the garnetindicate Fro. 1. Map of the Republicof Haiti showingthe relation a compositionof approximately60:40...faultsstrongly ASSIMILATION ZONE AT MEME MINE, HAITI suggeststhat premineralizationweaknessesfollowed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with open space fillings of fibrous silica and chalcopyrite, sphalerite, pyrite (+electrum ± Au–Ag tellurides)...island divided between the Dominican Republic and Haiti [1,2]. Arc-related rocks from the Cordillera Central...Republic and its extension in the Massif du Nord in Haiti have been, and continue to be, the most intensively...main commodity with a value of US$1456.7 M [9]. Haiti currently has no metallic mineral exports. Economic...in the Dominican Republic and Massif du Nord in Haiti (Figure 1). 2.2. The Tireo Formation Rocks of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
for minerals. Reported magnetite, hematite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, chlorite, etc. The magnetite and associated...Mines) A possible $7 billion aluminum industry in Haiti is awaiting international exploration and exploitation...mining development and production, who returned from Haiti recently after conference with President Francois...don't know what they've got." Bator first went to Haiti in August at the invitation of Haiti's ambassador...is a graduate of Mines. When Bator first visited Haiti in August he was accompanied by Professor Sam Shaw
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
epithermal ores in the northwest Dominican Republic and Haiti form the second group; Cu–Mo anomalies in oxidation...overview Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti) consists of an agglomeration of early Cretaceous...mineralization. In the Tireo terrane of northern Haiti and northwestern Dominican Republic dacitic flows...assemblage consisting of iron-rich sphalerite, chalcopyrite with star-like sphalerite inclusions and traces...the Ferrier–Milot–Mt. Oranisé–Grand Bois area of Haiti.39,40 Ore is related to discrete centres of acidic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE IN HAITI A CONTRIBUTION TO ANTILLEAN GEOLOGY WILLIAM F. JONES MassachusettsInstitute...observations made during several months' work in Haiti during the spring and summer of 1918 while engaged...uchicago.edu/t-and-c). A GEOLOGICALRECONNAISSANCE IN HAITI 729 economic purposes were so widely scattered...the writer was forced to cover a large part of Haiti. Observations made are, therefore, somewhat scattered...future work which the writer expects to undertake. Haiti has received but scant attention from geologists
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
old (Lewis et al., 1973). To the east, nated chalcopyrite. In the Virgin Islands,numer- the AboveRocksintrusion...these coppershowings,at Copper Mine Neuve stock in Haiti. Point,consists of a setof closelyspacednorth-trendCompositionof...Intrusive Rocks Associated ing, quartz-K-feldspar-chalcopyrite-pyrite-molybdewith Porphyry CopperMineralization...the Eocenedepositscontainvein and disseminated chalcopyrite andpyrite with molybdenitebeingrare or absentin...nearby mineralization. In other areas,suchas partsof Haiti and the DominicanRepublic, detailedgeologicrelationsare
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
similar to the altered impact glasses from Beloc, Haiti, and eastern Mexico. These blebs contain the remains...cross sections of benthic foraminifers. Rare chalcopyrite and pyrite occur in detrital grains. They are...chromite grain in sample 318; i) clast containing chalcopyrite (ccp) and pyrite (Py) replacing anhydrite (Anh);...spherule layers below the K/ T boundary in Mexico and Haiti. However, these sections in 1124 J. Smit et al...the impact glass spherules at the K/T boundary in Haiti and Mimbral, Mexico (Swisher et al. 1992) demonstrated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
including the Douvray porphyry copper deposit in Haiti. The geologic base map was modified from Escuder-Viruete...such as Douvray, in the Massif du Nord district of Haiti (Fig. 1A) and along the length of the Greater Antilles...quartz vein stockworks containing pyrite and chalcopyrite filling cracks and voids in pyrite grains. The...ore deposits at Pueblo Viejo; trace amounts of chalcopyrite and chalcocite are present (Evans et al., 2014)...Sample from the Douvray Porphyry Copper Deposit, Haiti AIRIE Run no. Pueblo Viejo MD-1317 MD-1395 MD-1398
Journal (volume)
metamorphism, evolution, Caledonides, Paleozoic, HaIti, Enontekio, Lapland, Finland, Norway. Pekka Sipila...units within the Halti-Ridnitsohkka complex .. HaIti cumulate sequence Dunites Stratiform chrome spinel...interlayers Contact metamorphic aureole Texture ' ' HaIti cumulates Ridnitsohkka gabbro sills Mineral chemistry...Ridnitsohkka gabbro sills '. . . . . Geochemistry of the HaIti cumulates Metamorphism and deformation ,. . . ....cumulate sequence Conditions of crystallization of the Haiti cumulate sequence Intrusive environment of the Halti-Ridnitsohkka
Report (issue)
massive to stockwork-like bodies of pyrite and chalcopyrite, some of which also have economic amounts of...remining reserves are believed to be small. Meme, in Haiti, is a skarn deposit in Cretaceous limestone cut...a number of years. Republic In 1973, Jamaica, Haiti, and the Dominican produced 23 percent of total...^ TV\ >/ WORLD % of WORLD 5 ^ COSTA RICA HAITI DOMINICAN REP. JAMAICA TOTAL / S X \ J*
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
this locality consists of sharp drusy xls of chalcopyrite with small white platy barite xls on grayish-white...Dark brown xls of cassiterite with calcite, chalcopyrite, and pyrite have been found at Pitkaranta, Finland...white calcite) ; also a massive black magnetite. HAITI — We heard that one of our subscribers, Joseph A... Jr., of St. Louis 16, Mo., had made a trip to Haiti, in the Carribbean Sea. His reply dated July 14...engineering and geological trip to the Island Republic of Haiti. My trip had very little to do with minerals, however
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of mining activity in the Caribou rite, and chalcopyrite. Mountainareadatesbackto the initialdiscovery...Magnetite (FeaO4) Sphalerite (ZnS) Pyrite (FeS•) Chalcopyrite(CuFeS•) Cubanite (CuFe•Sa) Gold (Au) Hematite...Pyritereplacesmagnetite and is contemporaneous with chalcopyrite(Fig. 3). Secondary biotiteandchloritealsoreplacemagnetite...Deposits Hypogene: Magnetite (FeaO4) Pyrite (FeS•) Chalcopyrite(CuFeS•) Gold(?) (Au) Supergene: Chalcocite...skarnsfurther suggestthat several MINERALIZ pyrite chalcopyrite gald alteration minerals GANGUE quartz chlorile
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Colarado X Kesleretal. (1977), Linn et al. (1981) Haiti 8. Douvray Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown...with high chalcopyrite/ pyrite ratios, and (3) an outer high-sulfide zone with low chalcopyrite/pyrite ratios...report maximum concentrations of 1000 ppm As in chalcopyrite from unspecified localities. Obviously, As/Cu...lattice sites of chalcopyrite. Pyrite may accommodate more arsenic than chalcopyrite. This is suggested...data from the Mamut porphyry, Malaysia, where chalcopyrite has less than 1 ppm As and pyrite has an average
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hueca samples,formed contemporaneously with chalcopyrite(Barabas,1977, and unpub.data),the agedeterminations...1) as well as on porphyries, containingquartz-chalcopyrite-molybdenite veinlets, from the southeastern...Mazambi-RavineJeannette porphyrycopperprospectsof northern Haiti (Cheilletz et al., 1975, 1978). Elsewhereon Hispaniola...mineralization of the Meme deposit (Kesler, 1968, 1971), Haiti, and the Nieta porphyryprospectin the DominicanRepublic(Kesler...Contact-localized ore formation at the Meme mine, Haiti: ECON. GEOL., v. 68, p. 541-552. -- 1971,Petrologyof
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
alternatingbands of pyrite or pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite,sphalerite,galena,and countryrock. Quartz is...Bandedoresfrom this mineconsistof pyrite,sphale.rite and chalcopyrite arrangedin bandsand irregular streaks. The sphalerite...bandscontainirregularstreaksof chalcop,yrite, andthe chalcopyrite bandscontainelongated masses of p..yrite andsphalerite...betweenand replacingthe.fragmentsand crystals. The chalcopyrite bandsare composed of allotriomorphicnon-elongatedcrystals...Bisbee,Arizona; Rouyn, Quebec;and Terre Neuve, Haiti, West Indies. The chalcopyritecrystalsare quite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Magnetite and calcite. Germain Tunnel, Meme T. N., Haiti. Specimen consists of large masses of foliated magnetite...Tertiary beds. (Geological Survey, Republic of Haiti, p. 443.) 10. Magnetite ore. Fierro, New Mexico...ore. Copper Mtn., Prince of Wales I., Alaska. Chalcopyrite and magnetite with gangue. M agnetite separated...Geological Survey, Republic of Haiti (1924) Geology oj the Republic of Haiti, Dept, of Public Works, Port-au-Prince
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of amberbrown calcite which he had collected in Haiti. His letter, dated May 1, 1957, reads: ROCKS AND...au Prince, Haiti. I was to go back there again, but was advised to be prepared to leave Haiti due to the...weight adorned with worn calcite xls (nailhead). Chalcopyrite is also plentiful. A local man came up to me
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
whichdividedtheAmpanihy zonefromtheVohibory, pentlanditeand chalcopyrite)have been discovered is intrudedby anorthositic...chalcocite,covellite,bornite and some Mineralization chalcopyrite. Data are lacking concerninga supergene enrichmentzone;...have been remobilized into veins is: pyrite,chalcopyrite, some1,000 sq km. The chromiteis associated...Copper-Lead-Zinc(,4u, .49, Mo).--A syngenetic pyrite, chalcopyrite,galena,and sphalerite. Gold has copper-lead-zinc...flats and terraces (Am- and it includes pyrite, chalcopyrite,galena and pasary, Sakaleona,Sahandrambo). The
Report (issue)
Cuba, the island of Hispaniola, which includes Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, the Cayman...older, rocks present. On the islands of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) and Puerto Rico, metamorphic...age are present in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Puerto Rico. Metamorphic rocks of Cretaceous...volcanic rocks are prominent in southern Cuba, Haiti, eastern Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands...others (1985) was the primary source of mapping for Haiti, and Toloczyki and others (1991) provided data for
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
zircon,titaniferoushematite,covellite,pyrite, and chalcopyrite. Table 3 gives the percentagesof the minerals...The grainsare smalland without crystal faces. Chalcopyrite occurs onlyin the limestone.It is slightlyanisotropic...1948,Aluminous lateriflesoilof the Republic of Haiti, W. I.: U.S. Geol.Survey Bull. 954-C, p. 63-112
Report (issue)
and I started by automobile for Port-au-Prince, Haiti, while Mr. Condit made geologic studies from Tabera...the relations close the list because of the of Haiti, which are included in ted. lis publications all...nella (Antille) Agamennon'e, G., II ierremoto di Haiti Soc seismol. ital. Bull., vol. 4, pp. 177-191...Moya, C. N., Mapa de la Isla de Santo Domingo y Haiti: Published by Rand, lic De No. [Iron ore in the...) Ferguson, E. G. W., The mineral resources of Haiti, West Indies: Mining World, vol. 31, pp. 133-135
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulphide minerals (e.g., pyrite, gersdorffite, and chalcopyrite) and/or chromite are present, independent of...minerals are sphalerite, occasionally baryte, chalcopyrite, and apatite, as well as biotite, muscovite...of chromite and gersdorffite, with or without chalcopyrite, not only in spherules (Fig. 7c), but also in...pyrite-gersdorffite (or arsenopyrite), gersdorffite-chalcopyrite, and gersdorffite-Cr-spinel (Figs. 6a, 6b)....euhedral pyrite ( < 40/xm), some gersdorffite chalcopyrite (Fig. 7c), and a Zn-Sb-Cu-sulphide (probably
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
under the sea. The ores obtained consisted of chalcopyrite, malachite, native copper, haematite, pyrites...Islands, Porto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Haiti, and Jamaica, indicates that the British Virgin...Islands, Porto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Haiti, and Jamaica, indicates that the British Virgin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
New caledonia, New zearand., Australia, scotrand. Haiti Island, and Michigan. In addition, Jambor (1960)...would have been higher in amygdales in which chalcopyrite or magnetite, rather than native copper, was
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
owing to intense deformation. They include the chalcopyrite-pyrite lensoid deposits of the Cape type in...the basis of mineral assemblage: quartz-pyrite-chalcopyrite-arsenopyrite, quartz-pyrite-chalcopyritegalena-sphalerite...La metalogenesis en America Central: Pubis Geol. Haiti, Vol. Ill, pp. 17-57. 15. Mineral resource assessment
 
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