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Meme Mine

HT / L'Artibonite
•19.57728, -72.75101View on MapOpen in Google Maps
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Meme Mine is a historic mining site, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Colombier Volcanic Sequence (Marble), within the Island Arc ? setting. Reported specimens include Bornite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Digenite; logged ore minerals are Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Digenite, Molybdenite, Pyrite; gangue is recorded as Calcite, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Hedenbergite, Hematite, Idocrase, Magnetite, Scapolite, Tremolite, Wollastonite. The site was discovered in 1956; production ran from 1957 to 1988.

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Found Here

BorniteCalciteChalcociteChalcopyriteCopperDigeniteDiopsideEpidoteGarnetGoldHedenbergiteHematiteIdocraseMagnetiteMolybdenitePyriteScapoliteSilverTremoliteWollastonite

Geology and deposit

Host rock
Colombier Volcanic Sequence — Marble
Associated rock
Diorite
Orebody form
LENS, DISSEMINATED, VEINLETS
Tectonic setting
Island Arc ?
Deposit model
59: Skarn Cu
Ore minerals
BorniteChalcociteChalcopyriteDigeniteMolybdenitePyrite
Gangue minerals
CalciteDiopsideEpidoteGarnetHedenbergiteHematiteIdocraseMagnetiteScapoliteTremoliteWollastonite
Structure

Terre-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.

Ore control

Limestone-Intrusive Contact.

Mining history

Status
Past Producer
Discovered
1956
First production
1957
Last production
1988

Records and references

Cited 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).

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10085134 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 19.57728, -72.75101

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