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Governor's Harbor

Occurrence in Bahamas, the with commodity Aluminum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065237
MRDS ID TC40345
Record type Site
Current site name Governor's Harbor
Alternate or previous names Eleuthera Island

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.23303, 25.16706 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bahamas, the(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Bahamas, the

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 1% KAOLINITE, 33-42% CHLORITE, 10-18% GIBBSITE, 13-20% BOEHMITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore
Boehmite Ore
Gibbsite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0-8 CM DEPTH: 19.7% LOI, 18.9% SIO2, 40.9% AL2O3, 15.6% FE2O3, 0.31% CAO, 0.62% MGO, 0.72%K2O, 0.26% NA2O, 1000 PPM P
Result 8-33 CM DEPTH: 16.5% LOI, 20.4% SIO2, 44.0% AL2O3, 15.5% FE2O3, 0.95% CAO, 0.66% MGO, 0.71% K2O, 0.45% NA2O, 775 PPM P
Result DEPTH, 33-63 CM: 16.2% LOI, 19.9% SIO2, 43.2% AL2O3, 16.9% FE2O3, 0.14% CAO, 0.69% MGO, 0.64% K2O, 0.26% NA2O, 600 PPM P
Result ROCK RESIDUE: 20.1% LOI, 21.6% SIO2, 40.4% AL2O3, 16.2% FE2O3, 1.65% CAO, 0.28% MGO, 0.56% K2O, 0.18% NA2O.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.23303, 25.16706
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COVER NO MORE THAN 25 HECTARES.

Reporter information

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

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