Grand Cayman Island

Occurrence in Cayman Islands, United Kingdom with commodity Aluminum

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10068643
MRDS ID	W001816
Record type	Site
Current site name	Grand Cayman Island
Alternate or previous names	Selwyn Eden Holding

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-81.24984, 19.33397 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cayman Islands(province)

United Kingdom(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
United Kingdom	Cayman Islands

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Aluminum Critical	Primary

Comments on the commodity information

27% BOEHMITE, 5% GIBBSITE, 36% CHLORITE, 1% KAOLINITE, CHLORITE PROBABLY AN ALUMINOUS VARIETY.

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Bauxite	Ore
Boehmite	Ore
Gibbsite	Ore
Chlorite	Gangue
Kaolinite	Gangue

Analytical data

Result	LOI, 13.8%
Result	SIO2, 18.1%
Result	AL2O3, 48.2%
Result	FE2O3, 16.2%
Result	CAO, 0.70%
Result	MGO, 0.94%
Result	K2O, 0.70%
Result	NA2O, 0.51%
Result	P, 2400 PPM.

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Associated

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Host or associated	Associated
Rock type	Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-81.24984, 19.33397	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

Thickness 0.45M

Thickness	0.45M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W001816

Bibliographic references

Deposit

AHMAD, N., AND JONES, R.L., 1969, OCCURRENCE OF ALUMINOUS LATERITIC SOILS (BAUXITE) IN THE BAHAMAS AND CAYMAN ISLANDS: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1969, VOL. 64, NO. 7, PP. 804-808

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	COMPARISON OF BAHAMA BAUXITE WITH JAMAICAN. CONCLUSION IN FAVOR OF DIRECT DERIVATION FROM RESIDUAL LIMESTONE

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-APR-1973	Bannigan, Jane L.	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-FEB-1994	Page, Norman J.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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