Mine detail: Cabo Rojo Bauxite Mines

Previously called 'Las MercedesCabo RojoBucan Polo Dist. DepositsAceitillarAcetillar Dist. Deposits'

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Location

Lat / long: 18.13398, -71.54959

Resource(B)

Primary: Aluminum, Limestone, General
Other material: Boehmite, Gibbsite, Hematite, Ilmenite, Kaolinite
Discovery year: 1943

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1959

Geology

References

MAS2470310001
DEP10182881
Reference{Deposit:: MATERIALS SURVEY,BAUXITE,U.S.BUMINES,1953,SECTION III,P.14.}{Deposit:: 1975 E/MJ INT.DIR.OF MINING&MINERAL PROCESSING OPERS.P.219}{Deposit:: MINERALS YEARBOOK-1973, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ISLS.OF CAR}{Deposit:: P.984.V.III.}{Deposit:: DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY,SERIES 1501,SHEET NE 19-5,SCALE 1:250}{Deposit:: LONDON,ENGLAND.1973.P.89.}{Deposit:: MATERIALS SURVEY-BAUXITE.1953.BU MINES,DEPT.OF INTERIOR.SECT}{Deposit:: U.S.BU MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK.1973.VOL.III,INTER.REPORTS,TH}{Deposit:: INDUSTRY OF ISLANDS OF CARIBBEAN.P.980-981}{Deposit:: TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH PHILIP DORRANCE OF ALCOA.JAN.21,}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, NOV. 1977, P.140-142.}{Deposit:: JAMACIAN BAUXITE INSTITUTE, COUNTY PROFILE ON THE BAUXITE}{Deposit:: INDUSTRY IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC}{Deposit:: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE}{Deposit:: AMERICAN REPUBLICS, BULL. 953, 1945.}
ReporterWilburn, David R.