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Albion Island quarry, Orange Walk District, Belizei
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Albion Island quarry | Quarry |
| Orange Walk District | District |
| Belize | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
18° 8' 20'' North , 88° 41' 1'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Cocoyol | 1,019 (2018) | 2.9km |
| San Francisco Botes | 580 (2018) | 4.5km |
| Jose Narciso Rovirosa | 1,107 (2018) | 5.7km |
| Cacao | 2,056 (2018) | 6.3km |
| Pucté | 1,861 (2018) | 10.5km |
From https://www.northernbelize.com/see_albion.html:
"Albion Island splits the Rio Hondo along the northwestern border of Belize into two channels. This remarkable location remains undiscovered by visitors to Belize because of the lack of facilities or accommodations. Tracing their history back to the Caste War in the mid-1800s, a number of small Mayan villages dot the island.
The island's main claim to fame is the recent "discovery" of evidence of the Chicxulub Crater. A massive meteorite or comet struck the earth 65 million years ago and created this large impact crater. Scientists theorize the extinction of the dinosaurs resulted from this meteorite's collision with Earth. The site of the impact was at the northern tip of the Yucatan peninsula, centered approximately at the village of Chicxulub. The Chicxulub crater is now completely buried by more recent sedimentary rocks and is not visible.
But in northern Belize, 364 kilometers from the center of the crater, faulting of the rock has resulted in the exposure of the K/T boundary. These rocks preserve dramatic evidence of the enormous blast that resulted from the impact. This boundary is thought to be exposed at the Albion Island quarry. The face of this cliff stands roughly 40 meters (131 feet) high.
Two cenotes are situated near the quarry at Albion Island. The cenotes have no relation to the crater impact structure. Cenotes are thought to form when limestone caves collapse and fill with water."
Limestone quarry containing microtektite glass in Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary breccia thrown out by the asteroid impact in northern Yucatan.
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2 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Clay minerals' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Central AmericaRegion
North America
- Central AmericaSubregion
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Maya TerranePassive Margin
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