Alcan Jamaica Ltd - Ewarton

Producer in Saint Catherine, Jamaica with commodity Aluminum

Sections on this page

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10085137
MRDS ID	W700680
Record type	Site
Current site name	Alcan Jamaica Ltd - Ewarton
Alternate or previous names	Schwallenberg

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-77.05167, 18.1729 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	10000(meters)
Relative position	Acc+/- 5 Minutes

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saint Catherine(province)

Jamaica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Jamaica	Saint Catherine

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Aluminum Critical	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Bauxite	Ore
Boehmite	Ore
Gibbsite	Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	112
USGS model code	38c
Deposit model name	Bauxite, karst type

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Host

Rock type

Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Rock unit name

White Limestone Formation

Rock description

White Limestone Formation

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Miocene
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-77.05167, 18.1729	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No
Year of first production	1959

Ownership information

Type Operator

Owner Jamalcan

First year 1990

Type	Operator
Owner	Jamalcan
First year	1990

Comments on the production information

ORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY 500,000 TO 1,000,000 TONNES/YEAR (1989); AT 500,000 TONS/YEAR GENERATES 500,000 TONS/YEAR (DRY BASIS OF RED MUD) OR 2,500,000 (WET BASIS OF RED MUD).

Comments on development

ORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY BETWEEN 300,000 AND 500,000 TONNES/YEAR.
ORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY BETWEEN 500,000 AND 1,000,000 TONNES/YEAR.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W700680

Bibliographic references

Deposit

MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 46.
Deposit

WAGH A.S., AND PINNOCK, W.R., 1987, OCCURRENCE OF SCANDIUM AND RARE-EARTH ELEMENTS IN JAMAICAN BAUXITE WASTE: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 82, P. 757-761.
Other Database

CIMRI
Production

MINING MAGAZINE (1989)

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	PLANT AT EWARTON; VARIOUS NAMES USED FOR MINES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-SEP-89	Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.)	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-DEC-92	Page, Norman J.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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