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Bellrock Caribbean Ltd Quarry - Old Quarry

Producer in Saint Andrew, Jamaica with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063516
MRDS ID TC37362
Record type Site
Current site name Bellrock Caribbean Ltd Quarry - Old Quarry
Alternate or previous names North Bull Bay Sulfate

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.66667, 17.95958 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE N OF BULL BAY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saint Andrew(province)

Jamaica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Jamaica Saint Andrew

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anhydrite Ore
Gypsum Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 32.24% CAO, 46.99% SO3, 0.94% MGO, 0.60% FE2O3, 1.40% SIO2, 17.83% H2O

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 261
USGS model code 35b.4 (35b.9)
Deposit model name Lacustrine gypsum

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.66667, 17.95958
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Highly Disturbed By Folding

Ore body information

  • Thickness 76.2M

Comments on the geologic information

  • OVERLAIN AND UNDERLAIN BY HALBERSTADT LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE IN 1951.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, LOCKSLEY, AND NEITA, MICHAEL, 1987, GEOLOGY OF THE NORTH BULL BAY SULPHATE OCCURRENCE ZONE IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE STATUS OF JAMAICAN GEOLOGY, 14-16 MARCH, 1984, ED. R. AHMAD: SPECIAL ISSUE1987, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA, P. 282-298.

  • Deposit

    ZANS, V.A., 1951, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JAMAICA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT, JAMAICA, B.W.I., BULLETIN NO. 1, 61 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ZANS (1951).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUPRATIDAL SABKHA ORIGIN, INFERRED CLOSED BASIN DRAINAGE-SEE RECORD FOR BULL BAY QUARRIES.

Reporter information

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

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