Mine detail: Wana Weiro Hills

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Location: Suriname, South America
Lat / long: 4.6769, -57.30039
dep_id: 10064035
mrds_id: TC38188
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Aluminum
Minor mineral: Kaolin
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bauxite, Gibbsite
orebody_fm: BED-TABULAR
model: 111: Bauxite, laterite type
Reporter: Gray, Floyd
arock_type: Gabbro
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., HURTZ, H.F., JANE, C., AND NEELEY, C.L., 1986, WORLD BAUXITE RESOURCES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1076-B, 146 P.
  • Deposit:: KERSEN, J.F., VAN, 1956, 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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