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Saint Catherine, Saint Catherine Parish

Above Rocks copper prospects

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: malachite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Copper skarn and vein showings around the Above Rocks granodiorite, prospected since the 1800s

Recorded in Jamaican geological survey mineral occurrence reports.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

steep bush trails

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