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Silica Sand Deposits Near Black River

Producer in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica with commodity Silica
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10063533
MRDS ID TC37384
Record type Site
Current site name Silica Sand Deposits Near Black River
Alternate or previous names Sandy Ground Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.9017, 18.0618 (WGS84)
Elevation 14
Relative position ABOUT 2 MILES WNW OF HODGES, 4 MI. NW OF BLACK RIVER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saint Elizabeth(province)

Jamaica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Jamaica Saint Elizabeth

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF MAIN ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result 96-99% SIO2, 0.33% FE AVERAGE
Result SIZE DISTRIBUTION 10.40% + 36 SIEVE, 47.90% -36 +100, 33.10% - 100 + 200, 8.60% LESS THAN 200.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.9017, 18.0618
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FINE-GRAINED, SMALL DISCONNECTED DEPOSITS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Comments on the production information

  • RECOVERABLE ORE (1) DEPOSIT WITH AVAILABLE RESOURCES IN 1981 OF 935,000 TONS MINED OUT BY 1984; RECOVERABLE ORE (2) SANDY GROUND DEPOSIT WITH 260,000 TONS RESERVE, MINED OUT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROVEN RESERVE AREA (ORE (1)) OF WHICH 820,000 LONG TONS IS CONSIDERED RECOVERABLY, THESE RESERVES MUST REFER TO THE WHOLE SURROUNDING AREA. HUGHES GIVES RESERVES FOR SANDY GROUND DISAGRREGATED FROM THE AREA (ORE(2)) OF WHICH 325,000 LONG TONS ARE RECOVERABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEDDES, A.J.S., 1987, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF JAMAICA - AN OVERVIEW IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAMAICAN GEOLOGY, 14-16 MARCH, 1984, ED. R. AHMAD: SPECIAL ISSUE 1987 OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA, P. 225-248.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    GEDDES (1987), HUGHES (1973)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AREA OF SAND 114.9 ACRES.

Reporter information

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

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