Kirkvine

Plant in Manchester, Jamaica with commodity Aluminum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182704
MAS/MILS ID 2420032001
Record type Site
Current site name Kirkvine
Alternate or previous names Kirkvine Refinery

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -77.48305, 18.08399 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Manchester(province)

Jamaica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Jamaica Manchester

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -77.48305, 18.08399

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1971
Plant type Refiner
Plant subcategory Bayer

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Alcan Jamaica Ltd. (Jamalcan)
    Interest 93
    Home office Jamaica
    Year 1988
  • Type Owner
    Owner Jamaica Government
    Interest 7
    Home office Jamaica
    Year 1988

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Description Alumina(Al203) Production 524000 Mtpy Alumina
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Al2O3 Aluminum Aluminum 524000mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Alumina(Al203) Production 435000 Mtpy Alumina
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Al2O3 Aluminum Aluminum 435000mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Alumina(Al203) Production 524000 Mtpy Alumina
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Al2O3 Aluminum Aluminum 524000mt
  • Year 1985
    Period 1984-1985
    Description Alumina(Al203) Production/1984-1985 530000 Mtpy Alumina
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Al2O3 Aluminum Aluminum 530000mt
  • Year 1986
    Description Alumina(Al203) Production 535000 Mtpy Alumina
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Al2O3 Aluminum Aluminum 535000mt
  • Year 1987
    Description Alumina(Al203) Production 540000 Mtpy Alumina
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Al2O3 Aluminum Aluminum 540000mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    ALUMINUM PRODUCITON COST SURVEY, 1980-1985 BROOK HUNT AND

  • Production

    ASSOCIATES LTD. PG. 280 ( RECORDS 1-4,8 )

  • Production

    ALUMINUM PRODUCITON COST SURVEY, 1988 BROOK HUNT AND ASSOC-

  • Production

    IATES LTD. PG. 2.24 ( RECORDS 5-7, 9)

  • Deposit

    ALUMINA FACILITIES 1983: A DATA-BANK-KAISER ENGINEERS,

  • Deposit

    JULY 15, 1985.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CAPACITY DATA IN THE CONCENTRATOR AND PRODUCT DATA SHEETS ARE IN TERMS OF MT OF BAUXITE ORE INPUT. IE, "MT ORE/DAY" PRODUCT DATA SET "OUTPUT" IS IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINA (AL203) CONCENTRATE PER DAY, IE, "MT COMMOD/DAY" GRADE DATA IN TERMS OF WT% ALUMINA. ALCAN IS STUDYING THE FEASIBILITY OF EXPANDING THE COMBINED CAPACITY OF ITS JAMAICAN REFINERIES (EWARTON AND KIRKVINE) BY 500,000 MT/YR, RAISING TOTAL CAPACITY TO 1.65 MMT/YR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-SEP-1996 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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