Mine detail: Bauxite - Solomon Islands

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Location

Lat / long: -9.49764, 159.99867

Resource(M)

Primary: Aluminum
Ore: Bauxite
Orebody form: SINKHOLE

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect
First production started: 1975

Geology

Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Basalt

References

MRDSW001813
DEP10068640
Reference{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).}
ReporterBannigan, Jane L.