Fort George

Occurrence in Saint Mary, Jamaica with commodities Barium-Barite, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063554
MRDS ID TC37407
Record type Site
Current site name Fort George

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.76779, 18.24707 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MI S. OF ANNOTTO BAY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saint Mary(province)

Jamaica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Jamaica Saint Mary

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 181
USGS model code 27e
Deposit model name Disseminated Sb

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.76779, 18.24707

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUGHES, I.G., 1973, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF JAMAICA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF JAMAICA BULLETIN NO. 8, 87 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.