Producer

Discovery Bay Water Valley

Jamaica
AluminumSilica
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Commodities
PrimaryAluminum
TertiarySilica
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsBoehmite, Gibbsite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1967
Discovery year1942
Identification
Deposit ID10182891
Alternate namesTobolsks Mine, Discovery Bay Mine, Water Valley MineWater Valley
RegionCR
Data scoreB
Coordinates18.34788, -77.39004
References
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