Description
Sir Alfred H. Dicosta
Commodities
PrimaryAluminum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model112: Bauxite, karst type
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsBauxite, Boehmite, Gibbsite
GangueAnatase, Calcite, Halloysite, Hematite, Ilmenite, Kaolinite, Lithiophorite, Quartz, Rutile
Geology
Host rockLimestone · White Limestone Formation
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Last production1953
Discovery year1942
Identification
Deposit ID10085138
MRDS IDW700681
Alternate namesIncludes Shooters Hill, Battersea, Martins Hill Mines, Grove Place,, Williamsfield, Kirkvine Mine
RegionCR
Data scoreC
Coordinates18.07041, -77.47975
References
MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 46.ALCAN JAMAICA LTD, 1962, FIELD TRIP TO KIRKVINE WORKS, MANCHESTER: THIRD CARIBBEAN CONFERENCE, UNPUBLISHED 8 P. HANDOUT.WAGH A.S., AND PINNOCK, W.R., 1987, OCCURRENCE OF SCANDIUM AND RARE-EARTH ELEMENTS IN JAMAICAN BAUXITE WASTE: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 82, P.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)