| Deposit ID | 10085138 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W700681 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Alcan Jamaica Ltd - Kirkvine |
| Alternate or previous names | Includes Shooters Hill, Battersea, Martins Hill Mines, Grove Place,, Williamsfield, Kirkvine Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -77.47975, 18.07041 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 10000(meters) |
| Relative position | NE OF MANDEVILLE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Manchester(province)
Jamaica(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Jamaica | Manchester |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bauxite | Ore |
| Boehmite | Ore |
| Gibbsite | Ore |
| Anatase | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Halloysite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Ilmenite | Gangue |
| Kaolinite | Gangue |
| Lithiophorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Rutile | Gangue |
| Result | TYPICAL ANALYSIS: 25.0-27.0% LOI, 1.0-2.0% SIO2, 2.2-2.9% TIO2, 17.0-19.0% FE2O3, 48.0-51.0% AL2O3. RED MUD: 16.52% AL2O3, 3.05% SIO2, 5.68% CAO2, 0.34% MGO, 1.32% P2O5, 49.83% FE2O3, 6.80% TIO2, 0.43% CR2O3, 0.31% V2O5, 0.48% MNO, 0.06% ZN, 1.4% NA2O, 0.15% K2O, 0.0092% GA2O3, 0.163% ZRO2, 13.41% LOI. RED MUDS: 143-162 PPM SC, 576-630 PPM LA, 714-890 PPM CE, 295-507 PPM DY, 26.5-39.6 PPM YB, 4.8-7.8 PPM LU. SAMPLES WERE FRESH MUD, SURFACE, 1 M, 4 M, 9 M DEPTHS IN SETTLING POND. |
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| Model code | 112 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 38c |
| Deposit model name | Bauxite, karst type |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | White Limestone Formation | ||||
| Rock description | White Limestone Formation | ||||
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| (1) | -77.47975, 18.07041 |
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| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1942 |
| Discoverer | Sir Alfred H. Dicosta |
| Year of last production | 1953 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Alumina Jamaica Ltd Subsidiary Of Aluminum Ltd. Of Canada; Jamalcan |
| First year | 1990 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Alcan Jamaica Ltd. (Jamalcan) |
| First year | 1943 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W700681 |
MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 46.
ALCAN JAMAICA LTD, 1962, FIELD TRIP TO KIRKVINE WORKS, MANCHESTER: THIRD CARIBBEAN CONFERENCE, UNPUBLISHED 8 P. HANDOUT.
CIMRI
MINING MAGAZINE (1989)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BAUXITE TENDS TO FORM IN HOLLOWS ORIENTED NS AND AT RIGHT ANGLES TO MAIN PORUS - MILE GULLY VALLEY; VERY IRREGULAR LIMESTONE SURFACE, PIPE-LIKE SHAPES, PHOSPHATIC BAND BETWEEN BAUXITE AND LIMESTONE |
| Deposit | PLANT AT KIRKVINE BEGAN PRODUCTION IN 1953; DEPOSITS HAVE VARIED LOCAL NAMES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | KIRKVINE IS THE PLANT SITE. |
| 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 |
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