Mine detail: Bauxite - Guyana

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Location

Lat / long: 5.00133, -57.99929

Resource(M)

Primary: Aluminum
Ore: Bauxite, Gibbsite
Gangue: Clay, Kaolin
Orebody form: TABULAR, DOME-SHAPED, MASSIVE LAYERS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Sands, Clays, Berbice Formation;;;Basal Rocks, Metasediments
Host type:Sand and Gravel,Granite
Associated type:Diorite,Granite
Tectonic:Precambrian Shield

References

MRDSW001961
DEP10068722
Reference{Deposit:: BLEACKLEY, D., AND PHIL, D., 1964, BAUXITES AND LATERITES OF BRITISH GUIANA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA, BULL. 34, 156 P., ILLUS.}{Deposit:: HOSE, H.R., 1959, THE ORIGIN OF BAUXITES IN BRITISH GUIANA AND JAMAICA: IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTH INTER-GUIANA GEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPT., GEORGETOWN, BRITISH GUIANA, P. 185-199.}{Deposit:: BATESON, J.H., 1961, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE FERRUGINOUS BAUXITE OF THE PAKARAIMA MOUNTAINS: BRITISH GUIANA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPT., MINERAL RESOURCES PAMPHLET 10, 28 P.}{Deposit:: BLEACKLEY, D., 1961, STATUS OF INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF BRITISH GUIANA: INTER-GUIANA GEOL. CONF., 5TH, GEORGETOWN, BRITISH GUIANA 1959, PROC., P. 213-227.}{Deposit:: PATTERSON, S.H., 1967, BAUXITE RESERVES AND POTENTIAL ALUMINUN RESOURCES OF THE WORLD.}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, E., 1969, GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY OPERATIONS OF THE DEMERARA BAUXITE COMPANY IN CONNECTION WITH THE SEARCH FOR BAUXITE IN GUYANA: GEOL. SURV. GUYANA, GEORGETOWN, RECORDS VOL. 6, P. VI-3-VI-8.}{Deposit:: RUSSELL, A., 1989, GUYAN* INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 61-67.}{Deposit:: 1937 DIREXPL DEMERARA BAUXITE CO., LTD.}{Deposit:: 1955 DIREXPL HARVEY ALUMINUM OF AMERICA}{Deposit:: 1958 OTHER GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BRIT. GUIANA}{Production:: RUSSELL, A., 1989.}
ReporterWarfle, Thomas M., Bannigan, Jane L., Page, Norman J.