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Black River Valley

Past Producer in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica with commodity Clay
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063556
MRDS ID TC37409
Record type Site
Current site name Black River Valley

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.8367, 18.03819 (WGS84)

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

  • NEAR RAHEEN; ALONG BANKS OF BLACK RIVER FROM NEAR ONE EYE RIVER AT RAHEEN DOWNSTREAM TO Y.S. PROPERTY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • STICKY YELLOW-BROWN CLAY FOR BRICKS, TILES, SANITARY WARE, COARSE POTTERY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.8367, 18.03819
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • DEVELOPED PRODUCER, PRESENT ACTIVITY UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    HUGHES (1973).

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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