Cow Market Clay Deposit

Occurrence in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica with commodity Clay

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10063560
MRDS ID	TC37413
Record type	Site
Current site name	Cow Market Clay Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-77.88532, 18.04736 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saint Elizabeth(province)

Jamaica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Jamaica	Saint Elizabeth

Comments on the location information

IN HODGES AREA WEST OF BLACK RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Clay	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Clay	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-77.88532, 18.04736	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

UNDERLIES SILICA SAND DEPOSITS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC37413

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
Reserve-Resource

HUGHES (1973).

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.