Mine detail: Moengo

Previously called 'MoenggoMoengo Peak'

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Location

Lat / long: 4.92743, -54.92145

Resource(B)

Primary: Kaolin, Aluminum
Ore: Bauxite, Boehmite, Gibbsite
Gangue: Goethite, Halloysite, Kaolinite, Limonite
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1922

Geology

Host rock:Berbice Or Onverdacht Formation;White Sands Formation;;
Host type:Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Sandstone

References

MRDSW001966
DEP10068726
Reference{Deposit:: VAN KERSEN, J.F., 1956-58, BAUXITE DEPOSITS IN SURINAME AND DEMERARA (BRITISH GUIANA), FROM LEIDSE GEOLOGISCHE MEDEDELINGEN, DEEL 21, AFLEVERING 1, P. 267-282, ILLUS. (INCL. SKETCH MAP).}{Deposit:: KROOK, L., 1969, THE ORIGIN OF BAUXITE IN THE COASTAL PLAIN OF SURINAM AND GUYANA: IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF SURINAM, SURINAM GOVT. GEOL. AND MINING SERV., DEPT. MINES, FORESTS AND LANDS, PP. 173-179, ILLUS.}{Deposit:: PATTERSON AND OTHERS, 1986, WORLD BAUXITE RESOURCES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1076-B, 151 P.}{Deposit:: USGS BULLETIN 1228, P. 56.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1963, V. IV.}{Deposit:: LEIDSE GEOLOGISCHE MEDEDELINGEN, V. 21, P. 250-375.}{Deposit:: ALEVA, G.J.J., 1984, LATERITIZATION, BAUXITIZATION, AND CYCLIC LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT IN THE GUIANA SHIELD, IN JACOBS, LEONARD, ED., BAUXITE: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1984 BAUXITE SYMPOSIUM, SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS: NEW YORK, P. 297-318.}
ReporterBannigan, Jane L., Leonard, Kenneth R., Page, Norman J.