Category Archives: Dominican Rep.

Ophiolite hosted chromitite formed by supra-subduction zone peridotite –plume interaction Abstract Chromitite bodies hosted in peridotites typical of suboceanic mantle (s.l. ophiolitic) are found in the northern and central part of the Loma Caribe Peridotite in the Cordillera Central of the Dominican Republic. These chromitites are massive pods of small size (less than a few…