Mine detail: Billiton Co. Pegmatite

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Location: Suriname, South America
Lat / long: 5.31797, -54.24922
dep_id: 10064008
mrds_id: TC38153
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Tin, Lithium, Sodium, Tantalum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Amblygonite, Cassiterite, Tantalite
gangue: Beryl, Galena, Lithiophorite, Muscovite, Quartz, Strengite, Variscite, Wavellite
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Pegmatite
disc_yr: 1956
References:
  • Deposit:: COMMISION FOR THE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE WORLD, 1983, METALLOGENIC MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA, SCALE 1:5,000,000.
  • Deposit:: BOSMA, W., HO LEN FAT, A.G., AND WELTER, C.C., 1972 (?), MINERALS AND MINING IN SURINAME: SEPARATA DE LA MEMORIA DE IX CONFERENCIA INTER-GUAYANAS BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA: PUBLICACION ESPECIAL NO. 6 CARACAS, VENEZUELA, P. 493-526.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: BOSMA ET AL (1972 (?)).
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