Mine detail: Las Mercedes

Previously called 'Bucan Polo DepositCabo Rojo'

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Location: Barahona, Dominican Republic, Caribbean
Lat / long: 18.07707, -71.63738
dep_id: 10062404
mrds_id: TC35801
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Aluminum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bauxite, Boehmite, Gibbsite, Goethite, Hematite, Kaolinite
gangue: Ilmenite, Magnetite, Quartz, Zircon
model: 112: Bauxite, karst type
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
Year first produced: 1959
disc_yr: 1942
discr: Alcoa Mining Co.
References:
  • Deposit:: GOLDICH, S.S., AND BERGQUIST, H.R., 1947, ALUMINOUS LATERITIC SOIL OF THE SIERRA DE BAHORUCO AREA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, W.I.: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 953-C, P. 53-84.
  • Deposit:: ALCOA EXPLORATION COMPANY, 1980, FIELD TRIP A, CABO ROJO-BAUXITE DEPOSITS: FIELD GUIDE, 9TH CARIBBEAN GEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC P. 33-49.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: ALCOA (1980).
  • Reserve-Resource:: GOLDICH AND BERGQUIST (1947).
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