Mine detail: Bauxite - Solomon Islands

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Location: Solomon Islands, Oceania
Lat / long: -9.49764, 159.99867
dep_id: 10068640
mrds_id: W001813
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Aluminum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Bauxite
orebody_fm: SINKHOLE
Reporter: Bannigan, Jane L.
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Basalt
Year first produced: 1975
References:
  • Deposit:: DE WEISSE, G., 1970, BAUXITE SUR UN ATOLL DU PACIFIQUE, MINERAL. DEPOSITA (BERL.) 5, P. 181-183, (INCL. ENG. SUM.).
  • Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1969, SOLOMON ISLANDS: ENG. MINING JOUR., VOL. 170, NO. 8, P. 179.
  • Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1971, BUKA MINERALS NL: ENG. MINING JOUR., VOL. 172, NO. 11, P. 218.
  • Deposit:: MICHELL, W.D., 1972, BAUXITE: MINING ENGINEERING, VOL. 24, NO. 1, P. 34-35.
  • Reserve-Resource:: RENNELL 30 MT PVD 70 MT INF (MITCHELL, 1972).
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