Mine detail: Silica Sand Deposits Near Black River

Previously called 'Sandy Ground Deposit'

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Location: Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica, Caribbean
Lat / long: 18.0618, -77.9017
dep_id: 10063533
mrds_id: TC37384
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silica
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Sand
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Sand and Gravel
disc_yr: 1955
References:
  • Deposit:: GEDDES, A.J.S., 1987, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF JAMAICA - AN OVERVIEW IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAMAICAN GEOLOGY, 14-16 MARCH, 1984, ED. R. AHMAD: SPECIAL ISSUE 1987 OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA, P. 225-248.
  • Deposit:: HUGHES, I. G., 1973, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF JAMAICA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF JAMAICA BULLETIN NO. 8, 87 P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: GEDDES (1987), HUGHES (1973)
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