Mine detail: Onverdacht

Previously called 'Billiton'

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Location

Lat / long: 5.59046, -55.19618

Resource(M)

Primary: Aluminum
Secondary: Silica, Ferrosilicon, Iron
Ore: Bauxite, Boehmite, Gibbsite
Gangue: Hematite, Kaolinite, Zircon
Orebody form: TABULAR, BLANKET

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1942

Geology

Host rock:White Sand Formation;Berbice Formation
Host type:Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Sandstone
Structure:Dip South.

References

MRDSW001967
DEP10068727
Reference{Deposit:: ALEVA, G.J.J., MONTAGNE, D.G., AND VAN GINKEL, IR.R., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINING OF THE ONVERDACHT BAUXITE DEPOSIT, SURINAM: N.V. BILLITON MAATSCHAPPIJ SURINAM, 44 P., ILLUS, (INCL. SKETCH MAPS).}{Deposit:: VAN KERSEN, J.F., 1956-58, BAUXITE DEPOSITS IN SURINAME AND DEMERATA (BRITISH GUIANA), FROM LEIDSE GEOLOGISCHE MEDEDELINGEN, DEEL 21, AFLEVERING 1, P. 286-299, 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, S.H., KURTZ, H.F., OLSON, J.C., AND NEELEY, C.L., 1986, WORLD BAUXITE RESOURCES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1076-B, 151 P.}{Deposit:: ECONOMIC GEOLOG, V. 76, P. 1142-1152.}{Deposit:: DIXON, C.J., 1979, ATLAS OF ECONOMIC MINERAL DEPOSITS: ITHACA, NEW YORK, CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS, P. 16-17.}{Production:: DIXON, 1979}
ReporterGray, Floyd, Bannigan, Jane L., Leonard, Kenneth R.