Mine detail: Gran Sabana

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Location

Lat / long: 5.7885, -61.53354

Resource(B)

Primary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Kaolin
Ore: Bauxite, Gibbsite, Goethite, Hematite, Kaolinite
Gangue: Ilmenite, Muscovite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Structure:Jur (?) Kamarata Peneplain (900-1000 M Elevation).

References

MRDSTC20086
DEP10060428
Reference{Deposit:: SIDDER, G.B., 1990, MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE GUIANA SHIELD, VENEZUELA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-16, 28 P., 1 OVER-SIZED SHEET.}{Deposit:: RODRIGUEZ M., S.E., 1986, RECURSOS MINERALES DE VENEZUELA: BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, REPUBLICA DE VENEZUELA, MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, DIRECCION GENERAL SECTORIAL DE MINAS Y GEOLOGIA, V. 15, NO. 27, 228 P.}{Deposit:: BELLIZZIA G., A., PIMENTEL DE BELLIZZIA, N., AND RODRIGUEZ, S.E., 1981, RECURSOS MINERALES DE VENEZUELA Y SU RELACION A LA METALOGENESIS: MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA, PUBLICACION ESPECIAL, NO. 8, P. 6-77.}{Deposit:: MENENDEZ, A., AND SARMENTERO, A., 1984, GEOLOGY OF THE LOS PIJIGUAOS BAUXITE DEPOSITS, VENEZUELA, IN JACOB, L., JR., (EDS.), BAUXITE; PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1984 BAUXITE SYMPOSIUM: LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, FEB. 27 - MARCH 1, 1984, AM. INST. MIN., METALL. AND PET. ENG., P. 387-407.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterBolm, Karen S., Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Orris, Greta J.)