Mineral resources inventory in the northern part of haiti: A basic rationale for selecting areas of potential mining interest |
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| Authors: | Gaston Georges Jr Claude Lepeltier Pierre Nicolini and Stanislaw Przenioslo |
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| Institution: | (1) INAREM, B.P. 2174, Port-au-Prince, Haiti;(2) CNRET, UN, 10017 New York, New York |
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| Abstract: | Agriculture has always been the major source of income of the Republic of Haiti. Only in the late sixties did the Haitian
Government decide to move toward industrialization and explotation of natural resources, but no reliable inventory of mineral
potential was available. In June 1970 the Resources and Transport Division of the U.N. (now CNRET) undertook a structural
analysis of the Caribbean with reference to defining favorable loci for ore disposition. One of the conclusions of this survey
was that from the metallogenetic point of view, the Northern part of Haiti was a favorable area for prospecting for habe metal
deposits, especially for copper. Those conclusions were acknowleadged with great enthusiams by the Haitian authorities, and
they welcomed in July 1971 a UN technical adviser who outlined a first phase of exploration. Following this mission, a “Mineral
exploration Project” was created by the Haitian Government with the cooperation of UNDP, and an area of 9000 km2 was selected, based on structural, lithological, and metallogenetic reasons, as an exploration target. The most important
aspects of this project were:Mineral Exploration—First Phase (1973–1974). The following operations were carried out by a small team: (a) photo interpretation at 1:50,000 and 1:200,000 scale, (b)
geological reconnaissance at 1:50,000 scale, (c) geochemical reconnaissance (stream sediment) at 1:50,000 scale. The photo
interpretation helped outline zones of particular structural interest and was followed up by ground control studies. Stream
sediment geochemical reconnaissance was carried out over half of the project area, following the indications given by the
photo geological interpretation. finally, combining all the data, five areas were selected for detailed follow up survey:
(1) Terrier Rouge—Perche, (2) Vallieres, (3) Mont-Organise, (4) Limonade, (5) Gros Morne—Le Borgne.Mineral Exploration—Second Phase (1975–1976). The main zones of interest were reduced to a few hundred km2 and porphyry copper type deposits appeared to be the most promising target. Detailed geological mapping (1:25,000 to 1:2,000)
and soil geochemistry were carried out on the above mentioned five areas, the most promising appearing quickly to be Terrier
Rouge-Perges, with porphyry-type copper mineralization. A geophysical survey (IP and Mag) confirmed the geochemical results.
At the end of the second phase of exploration (December 1976) two of the five prospects of the Terrier Rouge area have been
diamond drilled and appeared to be of potential economic interest. Because of the number and importance of the prospects discovered
a third phase of exploration was deemed necessary with the purpose of continuing the detailed prospection work and drilling
the other prospects. This third phase started in January 1977 and was expected to last until December 1979.
This paper was presented at the International Geological Correlation Program (IGCP) Project 98: “Standards for Computer Applications
in Resource Studies” held at Taita Hills, Kenya, November 8–15, 1977. |
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| Keywords: | mineral resource inventory mineral exploration |
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