Mine detail: Forbes Deposit

Previously called 'North Bull Bay Sulfate'

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Location: Saint Andrew, Jamaica, Caribbean
Lat / long: 17.97875, -76.70029
dep_id: 10093182
mrds_id: TC37372
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gypsum
model: 261: Lacustrine gypsum
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Evaporite
tectonic: Wagwater Trough
References:
  • 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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