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Samalco

Prospect in Clarendon, Jamaica with commodities Aluminum, Silica
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230216
MAS/MILS ID 2420370002
Record type Site
Current site name Samalco

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -77.48305, 17.8757 (WGS84)
Elevation 350
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clarendon(province)

Jamaica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Jamaica Clarendon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Boehmite Unknown
Gibbsite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -77.48305, 17.8757
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 8000HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 LATERITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 MANTLELIKE
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8000
    Date of Last Modification 830614

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSITS OCCUR PRIMARILY AS INFILLINGS IN VERTICAL WALLED DEPRESSIONS FORMED BY THE COALESCENCE OF CYLINDRICAL VERTICAL PIPES IN THE HIGHLY FRACTURED WHITE LIMESTONE.
  • GANGUE MINERALS ALSO INCLUDE SILICA, IRON OXIDES, AND PHOSPHOROUS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clarendon Paris

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of Jamaica
    Interest 100
    Home office Jamaica
    Year 1981

Comments on the ownership information

  • THE GOVERNMENT IS CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR AN OVERSEAS PARTNER TO DEVELOP THE DEPOSITS.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCT IS FROM REFINERY.
  • AL. YIELD IS FROM REFINERY.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • M1C1=M9C4. SIO2 IS LESS THAN 2 PER CENT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 8000HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, GRAVEL
    Capacity 11538
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 4.97
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRU ALUMINUM STUDY, REFINERY AND SMELTER PROFILES, 1981.

  • Deposit

    PRIVATE COMMUNICATION, JAMAICAN BAUXITE INSTITUTE, 4-28-81.

  • Deposit

    ROBSON, R.J. AND SIMS, P.K., CRITERIA FOR INVESTMENT IN

  • Deposit

    ALUMINA REFINERY, PROCEEDINGS, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF

  • Deposit

    JAMAICA MTG. JUNE 23-26, 1980. P. 273-286.

  • Deposit

    THOMAS, R.A., JAMAICA: GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP AND RECENT

  • Deposit

    DECLINES SHAPE INDUSTRY'S PROFILE, ENGINEERING AND

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 1977, P. 100-101.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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