Mine detail: Moengo Hill General Site

Previously called 'RicanauRdjdemakondreMoengo'

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Location: Suriname, South America
Lat / long: 5.62822, -54.39561
dep_id: 10064010
mrds_id: TC38156
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Kaolin, Aluminum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bauxite, Boehmite, Gibbsite, Kaolinite
orebody_fm: BED
model: 111: Bauxite, laterite type
Reporter: Gray, Floyd
hrock_type: Schist
References:
  • Deposit:: ALEVA, G.J.J., 1975, THE BAUXITES OF THE GUYANA SHIELD AS A SOURCE FOR REFRACTORY GRADE RAW MATERIALS: INTERCERAM, V. 24, NO. 4, P. 259-61.
  • Deposit:: PATTERSON, S.H., KURTZ, H.F., OLSON, J.C., AND NEELEY, C.L., 1986, WORLD BAUXITE RESOURCES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1076-B, 146P.
  • Deposit:: KERSEN, J.F. VAN, BAUXITE DEPOSITS IN SURINAME AND DEMERARA (BRITISH GUIANA): LEIDSE GEOLOGISCHE MEDEDELINGEN, V. 21, PT. 1, P. 247-375.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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