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Bauxite - Jamaica

Producer in Jamaica with commodity Aluminum
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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 10068645
MRDS ID W001830
Record type Site
Current site name Bauxite - Jamaica

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.99972, 18.0007 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jamaica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Jamaica

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore
Gibbsite Ore
Goethite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE - H2O=25-31%, SIO2=0.3-3.5%, FE2O3=16-23%, TIO2=2-3%, AL2O3=45-55%. AL2O3, 35-58%
Result TIO2, 1.7-2.8%
Result P2O5, 0.5%
Result MNO2, 0.3%
Result SIO2, 4-10%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.99972, 18.0007
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POCKET
    Thickness 30.48M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1943

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Alcoa, Kaiser, Reynolds, Others

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BAUXITE ORE(2) ESTIMATE FOR WHOLE ISLAND

Comments on the workings information

  • DISTRIBUTION OF POCKETS SO IRREGULAR THAT DEPTH, LENGTH, WIDTH EXTREMELY VARIABLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOSE, H. R., 1959, THE ORIGIN OF BAUXITES IN BRITISH GUIANA AND JAMAICA: IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTH INTER-GUIANA GEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPT., GEORGETOWN, BRITISH GUIANA, P. 194-199.

  • Deposit

    HOSE, H. R., 1958, JAMAICA TYPE BAUXITES DEVELOPED ON LIMESTONES, ALUMINUM LABORATORIES LTD., 12 P., ILLUS. (INCL. SKETCH MAP).

  • Deposit

    WEIR, C. C., PHOSPHATE STUDIES ON THE JAMAICAN BAUXITE SOILS, CITRUS GROWERS ASSOCIATION, JAMAICA, 9 P., ILLUS.

  • Deposit

    MOORHEAD, G. A., 1961, BAUXITE MINING IN JAMAICA; MINE AND QUARRY ENG., JUNE, 1961, P. 248-257, ILLUS.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, R.E., 1971, THE GEOLOGY OF THE BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF JAMAICA: IN THE JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA BAUXITE/ALUMINA SYMPOSIUM, DEPT. OF MINES, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, P. 9-16.

  • Deposit

    ROBINSON, E., 1971, OBSERVATION OF THE GEOLOGY OF JAMAICAN BAUXITE: IN THE JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA BAUXITE/ALUMINA SYMPOSIUM, DEPT. OF MINES, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, P. 3-8.

  • Deposit

    COMER, JOHN B., 1973, GENESIS OF JAMAICAN BAUXITE, GEOL. SOC. AMER., VOL. 5, NO. 3, P. 251, (ABS).

  • Deposit

    MCLEAREN, D.W., 1971, URBANIZATION OF BAUXITE LANDS: THE NEED FOR A COMPREHENSICE POLICY: IN THE JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA BAUXITE/ALUMINA SYMPOSIUM, DEPT. OF MINES, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, P. 88-91.

  • Deposit

    THOMAS, GARFIELD B., 1971, REGABILITATION AND UTILIZATION OF MINED-OUT LANDS IN ST. ELIZABETH: IN THE JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA BAUXITE/ALUMINA SYMPOSIUM, DEPT. OF MINES, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, P. 79-87.

  • Deposit

    MORGAN, G.W., 1971, RECLAIMATION AND RESTORATION RESEARCH ON MINED LANDS IN JAMAICA: IN THE JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA BAUXITE/ALUMINA SYMPOSIUM, DEPT. OF MINES, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, P. 73-78.

  • Deposit

    WINCH, J.C., 1971, LIME REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ALUMINA FROM JAMAICAN BAUXITES: IN THE JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA BAUXITE/ALUMINA SYMPOSIUM, DEPT. OF MINES, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, P. 70-72.

  • Deposit

    STRAHL, ERWIN O., 1971, THE MINERALOGY OF THE JAMAICAN BAUXITE AND ITS EFFECTS ON BAYER PROCESS TECHNOLOGY: IN THE JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA BAUXITE/ALUMINA SYMPOSIUM, DEPT. OF MINES, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, P. 62-69.

  • Deposit

    CHIN, LESTER A.D., 1971, THE EFFECTS OF IMPORTANT PROPERTIES OF JAMAICAN BAUXITES ON THE BAYER PROCESS: IN THE JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA BAUXITE/ALUMINA SYMPOSIUM, DEPT. OF MINES, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, P. 58-61.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, A.L., 1971, MINING OF BAUXITE IN JAMAICA: IN THE JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA BAUXITE/ALUMINA SYMPOSIUM, DEPT. OF MINES, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, P. 41-51.

  • Deposit

    LEE, J.W., 1971, EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT DRILLING FOR BAUXITE IN JAMAICA: IN THE JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA BAUXITE/ALUMINA SYMPOSIUM, DEPT. OF MINES, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, P. 37-40.

  • Deposit

    COMER, JOHN B., MINERAL COMPOSITION OF WHITE LIMESTONE INSOLIBLE RESIDUE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON THE ORIGIN OF BAUXITE: A PRELIMINARY REPORT: IN THE JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA BAUXITE/ALUMINA SYMPOSIUM, DEPT. OF MINES, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, P. 24-26.

  • Deposit

    HILL, V.G., AND DAVIS, C.E., 1971, PROGRESS REPORT ON COMPOSITIONAL CORRELATION AND STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIPS IN JAMAICA BAUXITE DEPOSITS: IN THE JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA BAUXITE/ALUMINA SYMPOSIUM, DEPT. OF MINES, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, P. 17-23.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    REF F2, REF F3

  • Reserve-Resource

    COMER, 1973

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REF F2 IS EXPANDED VERSION OF F1 {DEPOSIT REGION LONGITUDE LATITUDE {TOBOLSKI 077-22-30W 18-22-30N {MAY PEN (ALCOA) 077-16-00W 17-59-00N {PORUS (MOCHO MTS.) 077-21-00W 18-03-00N {REYNOLDS MINE (NEAR GOLDEN GROVE) 077-05-30W 18-19-00N {REYNOLDS MINE (NEAR CHALKY HILL) 077-07-00W 18-24-00N {KAISER BAUXITE CO,(NR ALLIGATOR POND) 077-33-45W 17-52-25N {KAISER BAUXITE CO,(NR MARLBOROUGH) 077-34-00W 17-59-10N {ALUMINA JAMAICA LTD.(NR WILLIAMSFIELD)077-28-45W 18-04-00N. RECORDS NO. W001818, W001819, W001817, W001829, W001828, W001827, W001826, W001825, W001824, W001823, W001822, W001821, W001820 BY JAME L. BANNIGAN HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1973 Bannigan, Jane L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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