Mine detail: Bauxite - Jamaica

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Location:	Jamaica, Caribbean
Lat / long:	18.0007, -76.99972
dep_id:	10068645
mrds_id:	W001830
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Aluminum
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Bauxite, Gibbsite, Goethite
orebody_fm:	POCKET
Reporter:	Page, Norman J., Bannigan, Jane L.
hrock_type:	Limestone
Year first produced:	1943
References:	Deposit:: HOSE, H. R., 1959, THE ORIGIN OF BAUXITES IN BRITISH GUIANA AND JAMAICA: IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTH INTER-GUIANA GEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPT., GEORGETOWN, BRITISH GUIANA, P. 194-199. Deposit:: HOSE, H. R., 1958, JAMAICA TYPE BAUXITES DEVELOPED ON LIMESTONES, ALUMINUM LABORATORIES LTD., 12 P., ILLUS. (INCL. SKETCH MAP). Deposit:: WEIR, C. C., PHOSPHATE STUDIES ON THE JAMAICAN BAUXITE SOILS, CITRUS GROWERS ASSOCIATION, JAMAICA, 9 P., ILLUS. Deposit:: MOORHEAD, G. A., 1961, BAUXITE MINING IN JAMAICA; MINE AND QUARRY ENG., JUNE, 1961, P. 248-257, ILLUS. Deposit:: ANDERSON, R.E., 1971, THE GEOLOGY OF THE BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF JAMAICA: IN THE JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA BAUXITE/ALUMINA SYMPOSIUM, DEPT. OF MINES, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, P. 9-16. Deposit:: ROBINSON, E., 1971, OBSERVATION OF THE GEOLOGY OF JAMAICAN BAUXITE: IN THE JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA BAUXITE/ALUMINA SYMPOSIUM, DEPT. OF MINES, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, P. 3-8. Deposit:: COMER, JOHN B., 1973, GENESIS OF JAMAICAN BAUXITE, GEOL. SOC. AMER., VOL. 5, NO. 3, P. 251, (ABS). Deposit:: MCLEAREN, D.W., 1971, URBANIZATION OF BAUXITE LANDS: THE NEED FOR A COMPREHENSICE POLICY: IN THE JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA BAUXITE/ALUMINA SYMPOSIUM, DEPT. OF MINES, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, P. 88-91. Deposit:: THOMAS, GARFIELD B., 1971, REGABILITATION AND UTILIZATION OF MINED-OUT LANDS IN ST. ELIZABETH: IN THE JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA BAUXITE/ALUMINA SYMPOSIUM, DEPT. OF MINES, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, P. 79-87. Deposit:: MORGAN, G.W., 1971, RECLAIMATION AND RESTORATION RESEARCH ON MINED LANDS IN JAMAICA: IN THE JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA BAUXITE/ALUMINA SYMPOSIUM, DEPT. OF MINES, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, P. 73-78. Deposit:: WINCH, J.C., 1971, LIME REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ALUMINA FROM JAMAICAN BAUXITES: IN THE JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA BAUXITE/ALUMINA SYMPOSIUM, DEPT. OF MINES, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, P. 70-72. Deposit:: STRAHL, ERWIN O., 1971, THE MINERALOGY OF THE JAMAICAN BAUXITE AND ITS EFFECTS ON BAYER PROCESS TECHNOLOGY: IN THE JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA BAUXITE/ALUMINA SYMPOSIUM, DEPT. OF MINES, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, P. 62-69. Deposit:: CHIN, LESTER A.D., 1971, THE EFFECTS OF IMPORTANT PROPERTIES OF JAMAICAN BAUXITES ON THE BAYER PROCESS: IN THE JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA BAUXITE/ALUMINA SYMPOSIUM, DEPT. OF MINES, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, P. 58-61. Deposit:: ROBERTS, A.L., 1971, MINING OF BAUXITE IN JAMAICA: IN THE JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA BAUXITE/ALUMINA SYMPOSIUM, DEPT. OF MINES, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, P. 41-51. Deposit:: LEE, J.W., 1971, EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT DRILLING FOR BAUXITE IN JAMAICA: IN THE JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA BAUXITE/ALUMINA SYMPOSIUM, DEPT. OF MINES, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, P. 37-40. Deposit:: COMER, JOHN B., MINERAL COMPOSITION OF WHITE LIMESTONE INSOLIBLE RESIDUE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON THE ORIGIN OF BAUXITE: A PRELIMINARY REPORT: IN THE JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA BAUXITE/ALUMINA SYMPOSIUM, DEPT. OF MINES, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, P. 24-26. Deposit:: HILL, V.G., AND DAVIS, C.E., 1971, PROGRESS REPORT ON COMPOSITIONAL CORRELATION AND STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIPS IN JAMAICA BAUXITE DEPOSITS: IN THE JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA BAUXITE/ALUMINA SYMPOSIUM, DEPT. OF MINES, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, P. 17-23. Other Database:: CIMRI Production:: REF F2, REF F3 Reserve-Resource:: COMER, 1973