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Dallas Post Office - Woman Spring Deposit

Occurrence 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. 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 10063520
MRDS ID TC37368
Record type Site
Current site name Dallas Post Office - Woman Spring Deposit
Alternate or previous names North Bull Bay Sulfate, Includes Motherline Gully Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.70501, 17.99402 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saint Andrew(province)

Jamaica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Jamaica Saint Andrew

Comments on the location information

  • N SIDE OF WOMAN SPRING GULLY 200 YDS ENE OF DALLAS POST OFFICE; LARGE BLOCKS 80 YDS SE OF DALLAS POST OFFICE; MOTHERLINE GULLY IS 230 YDS SSE OF DALLAS POST OFFICE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anhydrite Ore
Gypsum Ore

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) -76.70501, 17.99402
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • UNDERLAIN BY BROWN SHALES AND GRITTY GRAY CONGLOMERATE OVERLAIN BY PURPLE CONGLOMERATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

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 ISSUE 1987, 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.

  • Deposit

    HUGHES, I.G., 1973, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF JAMAICA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF JAMAICA BULLETIN NO. 8, 87P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUPRATIDAL SABKHA ORIGIN, INFERRED INTERNAL CLOSED BASIN DRAINAGE.

Reporter information

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

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