Mine detail: Alcan Jamaica Ltd - Ewarton

Previously called 'Schwallenberg'

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Location

Lat / long:

18.1729, -77.05167

Resource(M)

Primary:	Aluminum
Ore:	Bauxite, Boehmite, Gibbsite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1959

Geology

Host rock:	White Limestone Formation
Host type:	Limestone

References

MRDS	W700680
DEP	10085137
Reference	{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 46.}{Deposit:: WAGH A.S., AND PINNOCK, W.R., 1987, OCCURRENCE OF SCANDIUM AND RARE-EARTH ELEMENTS IN JAMAICAN BAUXITE WASTE: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 82, P. 757-761.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: MINING MAGAZINE (1989)}
Reporter	Beougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.), Page, Norman J.