Sulphur River

Occurrence in Saint Thomas, Jamaica with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063583
MRDS ID TC37437
Record type Site
Current site name Sulphur River
Alternate or previous names Includes Bed of Sulphur River, West Bank of Sulphur River.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.79306, 18.20207 (WGS84)
Relative position BED OF SULPHUR RIVER IS 2 MI N OF BATH, LOCATION SULPHUR RIVER AT BATH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saint Thomas(province)

Jamaica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Jamaica Saint Thomas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result BED OF RIVER SAMPLE: 57% MNO2, 8% FE2O3, 23% SIO2. WEST BANK SAMPLE: 58.9% MN, 12.4% FE2O3, 18.2% SIO2.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.79306, 18.20207

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FENTON, ALLISON, 1987, THE (NON-BAUXITE) METALLIC MINERAL POTENTIAL OF JAMAICA IN PROCEEDINGS OF A WORKSHOP ON THE STATUS OF JAMAICAN GEOLOGY, 14-16 MARCH 1984, ED. R. AHMAD: SPECIAL ISSUE 1987 OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA, P. 269-281.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROPS MEASURE 10 X 7 X 14 FT AND 20 X 3 X 2 FT.

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.