Mine detail: Paranam

Previously called 'Includes Topibo De VrijheidOnoriboOsemboSt. HelenaOvertoom Hills'

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Location: Suriname, South America
Lat / long: 5.58462, -55.1159
dep_id: 10068725
mrds_id: W001965
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Aluminum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Bauxite, Gibbsite
gangue: Kaolinite
model: 111: Bauxite, laterite type
conc_proc: In-Situ Weathering
Reporter: Bannigan, Jane L., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: White Sands Or Coeswyne Formation;Berbice Or Onverdacht Formation
hrock_type: Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Sandstone
References:
  • Deposit:: PATTERSON AND OTHERS, 1986, WORLD BAUXITE RESOURCES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1076-B, 151 P.
  • Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1963, V. IV.
  • Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1228, P. 56-58.
  • Deposit:: LEIDSE GEOLOGISCHE MEDEDELINGEN, V. 21, P. 250-375.
  • Reserve-Resource:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1963
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