Mine detail: Las Mercedes

Previously called 'Bucan Polo DepositCabo Rojo'

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Location

Lat / long: 18.07707, -71.63738

Resource(M)

Primary: Aluminum
Ore: Bauxite, Boehmite, Gibbsite, Goethite, Hematite, Kaolinite
Gangue: Ilmenite, Magnetite, Quartz, Zircon
Discovery year: 1942

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
First production started: 1959

Geology

References

MRDSTC35801
DEP10062404
Reference{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).}
ReporterPage, Norman J.