Mine detail: Onverdacht

Previously called 'Billiton'

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Location: Suriname, South America
Lat / long: 5.59046, -55.19618
dep_id: 10068727
mrds_id: W001967
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Aluminum
Minor mineral: Silica, Ferrosilicon, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Bauxite, Boehmite, Gibbsite
gangue: Hematite, Kaolinite, Zircon
orebody_fm: TABULAR, BLANKET
work_type: Surface
model: 111: Bauxite, laterite type
Reporter: Gray, Floyd, Bannigan, Jane L., Leonard, Kenneth R.
hrock_unit: White Sand Formation;Berbice Formation
hrock_type: Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Sandstone
Structure: Dip South.
Year first produced: 1942
References:
  • 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
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