La Selle

HT / Nord

•19.57783, -72.16933View on Map Open in Google Maps

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La Selle is a historic mining site, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. USGS records describe a Vein deposit hosted in Basalt. Reported specimens include Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Gold; logged ore minerals are Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Malachite, Pyrite; gangue is recorded as Quartz, Specularite. The site was discovered in 1901.

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BorniteChalcociteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteGoldMalachitePyriteQuartzSilverSpecularite

Geology and deposit

Deposit type: Vein
Host rock: Basalt

Ore minerals

BorniteChalcociteChalcopyriteCovelliteMalachitePyrite

Gangue minerals

QuartzSpecularite

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Production size: Small
Discovered: 1901
Last production: 1915

Records and references

Cited 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 PCIMRI

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10061909 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 19.57783, -72.16933

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