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Alligator Pond Beach

Occurrence in Manchester, Jamaica with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063573
MRDS ID TC37426
Record type Site
Current site name Alligator Pond Beach

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.56281, 17.87042 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Manchester(province)

Jamaica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Jamaica Manchester

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Martite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Augite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Olivine Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Analytical data

Result IN FRACTIONS: MGI (56.7%), 13.4% FEO, 67.9% FE203, 14.5% TIO2
Result MAGII AT 0.2 AMPS (11.7%), 10.9% FEO, 68.3% FE2O3, 17.5% TIO2
Result MAGIII AT 0.35 AMPS (11.5%) 9.7% FEO, 69.9% FE2O3, 17.0% TIO2
Result MAGIV AT 0.5 AMPS (11.4%) 2.2% FEO, 80.4% FE2O3, 10.0% TIO2
Result MAGV AT 0.8 AMPS (7.0%) 1.0% FEO, 80.5% FE203, 12.5% TIO2
Result NONMAG (1.7%). COMPOSITE MAG I-V, NI NOT DETECTED
Result 0.5% CR2O3, 0.25% V2O3, 0.8% MNO.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 121
USGS model code 39c
Deposit model name Shoreline placer Ti

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.56281, 17.87042
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SAMPLES UP TO 0.5 MILE OFFSHORE AT DEPTHS UP TO 25 FT CONTAIN UP TO 25% VOLUME HEAVY MINERALS, MOST OF THEM MAGNETIC.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

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. 8, 87P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

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

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