Commodities
PrimaryAluminum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model112: Bauxite, karst type
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsBauxite, Boehmite, Gibbsite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · White Limestone
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10085136
MRDS IDW700679
Alternate namesEssec Valley Mine
RegionCR
Data scoreC
Coordinates17.95626, -77.60336
References
MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 46.TRETZEL, D.C., 1971, DEVELOPMENT IN WORLD BAUXITE PRODUCTION AND BAUXITE IN JAMAICA, TALK PRESENTED TO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA, JAN. 29, 1971, 10 P.COMER, J.B., NAESER, C.W., AND MCDOWELL, F.W., 1980, FISSION TRACK AGES OF ZIRCON FROM JAMAICAN BAUXITE AND TERRA ROSSA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 75, NO. 1, P. 117-121.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.CIMRIMINING MAGAZINE (1989)