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Alumina Partners of Jamaica Alpart - Nain

Producer in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085136
MRDS ID W700679
Record type Site
Current site name Alumina Partners of Jamaica Alpart - Nain
Alternate or previous names Essec Valley Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.60336, 17.95626 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saint Elizabeth(province)

Jamaica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Jamaica Saint Elizabeth

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore
Boehmite Ore
Gibbsite Ore

Analytical data

Result RED MUD: 16.35% AL2O3, 7.99% SIO2, 9.06% CAO, 0.45% MGO, 0.91% P2O5, 42.33% FE2O3, 5.99% TIO2, 0.41% CR2O3, 0.239% V2O5, 0.84% MNO, 0.042% ZNO, 4.6% NA2O, 0.21% K2O, 0.0027% GA2O3, 0.138% ZRO2, 10.20 LOI. 131-168 PPM SC, 594-620 PPM LA, 774-800 PPM CE, 254-362 PPM ND, 61-81 PPM SM, 10.2-15.3 PPM EU, 55-77 PPM DY, 30-35.3 PPM YB, 4.62-5.23 PPM LU
Result FRESH MUD AND SURFACE.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 112
USGS model code 38c
Deposit model name Bauxite, karst type

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name White Limestone
    Rock description White Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.60336, 17.95626
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Alpart
  • Type Operator
    Owner Consortium Of Kaiser Aluminum And Chemical Co., Reynolds Metal Co, And Anaconda Aluminum

Comments on the production information

  • ORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY GREATER THAN 3 MILLION TONNES/YEAR. IN 1987 WHEN AL2O3 CAPACITY WAS 1.2 MILLION TONS/YEAR, THEY MADE 1.2 MILLION TONS/YEAR OF RED MUD WASTE (DRY) OR 6.0 MILLION TONS/YEAR (WET).

Comments on development

  • ORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY GREATER THAN 3,000,000 TONNES/YEAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLANT SITE NAIN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-89 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-92 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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