Mine detail: Oxford Cave

Previously called 'Oxford Great Cave'

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Location: Manchester, Jamaica, Caribbean
Lat / long: 18.18762, -77.61892
dep_id: 10063452
mrds_id: TC37279
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Nitrogen-Nitrates, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Residual
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Yellow And White Limestone Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
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
  • Reserve-Resource:: HUGHES (1973).
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