Mine detail: Cayenne Island

Previously called 'Montagne De MahuryMahury PlateauIsle De Cayenne'

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Location: Department of Guiana [French Guiana], France, South America
Lat / long: 4.84939, -52.26361
dep_id: 10096090
mrds_id: TC39808
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Aluminum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bauxite, Gibbsite
gangue: Anatase, Brookite, Ilmenite, Rutile, Tourmaline, Zircon
model: 111: Bauxite, laterite type
Reporter: Bannigan, Jane L., Page, Norman J.
References:
  • Deposit:: MIN. TRADE NOTES, VOL. 67, NO. 12, DEC., 1970, P. 3
  • Deposit:: PATTERSON, S.H., 1967, BAUXITE RESERVES AND POTENTIAL ALUMINUM RESOURCES OF THE WORLD: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1228, P. 55-56.
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