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Cow Market - Crawfords Pen Deposit

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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063534
MRDS ID TC37385
Record type Site
Current site name Cow Market - Crawfords Pen Deposit
Alternate or previous names Hodges, Near Black River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.83615, 18.03708 (WGS84)
Elevation 11
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI. WEST OF HODGES.

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

  • SOUTH OF MAIN ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore
Ilmenite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Sphene Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE 99.15% SIO2, 0.035% FE2O3
Result POORLY GRADED
Result -3L + 100 MESH 47.8% OF SAND, CRUSHING INCREASES QUANTITY TO 60%.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.83615, 18.03708
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.76M
  • Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner West India Glass Co. Ltd.

Comments on the production information

  • INCLUDES BIG TANKEY DEPOSIT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE (1) COW MARKET WITH 360,000 LONG TONS RECOVERABLE, ORE (2) CRAWFORDS PEN WITH 311,000 TONS RECOVERABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    HUGHES (1973).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COW MARKET (1) UP TO 12 FT THICK POCKETS COVERS 109.9 ACRES; CRAWFORDS PEN (2) UP TO 21 FT POCKETS COVERS 78.2 ACRES, PART OF 1.8 SQUARE MILE LEASE AREA.

Reporter information

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

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