Mine detail: Observatoire

Previously called 'Montagne Observatoire'

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Location: Department of Guiana [French Guiana], France, South America
Lat / long: 4.2383, -51.75138
dep_id: 10064912
mrds_id: TC39809
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: Bannigan, Jane L., Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Quartzite
References:
  • Deposit:: MIN. TRADE NOTES, VOL. 67, NO. 12, DEC. 1970, P. 3.
  • Deposit:: PATTERSON, S.H., 1967, BAUXITE RESERVES AND POTENTIAL ALUMINUM RESOURCES OF THE WORLD: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1228, P. 55-56.
  • Reserve-Resource:: PATTERSON (1967); BRGM (1979)
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