Mine detail: Portland Ridge Caves

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Location: Clarendon, Jamaica, Caribbean
Lat / long: 17.74153, -77.14057
dep_id: 10063469
mrds_id: TC37296
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Nitrogen-Nitrates, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Residual
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Yellow And White Limestone Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
Year first produced: 1944
References:
  • Deposit:: ZANS, V.A., 1951, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JAMAICA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT, JAMAICA, B.W.I., BULLETIN NO. 1, 61 P.
  • Deposit:: HUGHES, I.G., 1973, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF JAMAICA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF JAMAICA BULLETIN NO. 8, 87 P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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