Mine detail: Montagnes Tortue

Previously called 'Approuaque Basin'

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Location: Department of Guiana [French Guiana], France, South America
Lat / long: 4.40274, -52.01
dep_id: 10064852
mrds_id: TC39733
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Aluminum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bauxite, Gibbsite
model: 111: Bauxite, laterite type
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Schist
References:
  • Deposit:: PATTERSON, S.H., 1967, BAUXITE RESERVES AND POTENTIAL RESOURCES OF THE WORLD: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1228, P. 55-56.
  • Deposit:: CHOUBERT, B., 19(?), CARTE GEOLOGIQUE DU DEPARTEMENT DE LA GUYANE: SERVICE DE LA CARTE GEOLOGIQUE DE LA FRANCE, SCALE 1:500,000, NO DATE GIVEN.
  • Deposit:: BRGM, 1979, INVENTAIRE MINIER DU DEPARTEMENT DE LA GUYANE: BILAN ET PERSPECTIVES: MINISTERE DE *NDUSTRIE; BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES, AUG. 1979, 127P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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