Mine detail: Topira Kaolin Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 5.41797, -58.16597

Resource(B)

Primary: Kaolin, Aluminum
Ore: Bauxite, Illite, Kaolin, Kaolinite, Montmorillonite
Gangue: Gibbsite, Hematite, Mica, Quartz, Rutile
Orebody form: BLANKET

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Tectonic:Prec Guyana Shield
Alteration processes:Low Grade Greenschist Metamorphism; Tropical Weathering

References

MRDSI000216
DEP10096951
Reference{Deposit:: RUSSELL, ALISON, 1989, GUYAN* INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--GOLD TO SPUR INVESTMENT?: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 260, P. 61-67.}{Deposit:: FENTON, ALLISON, 1991, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DEVELOPMENT IN SOME CARICOM COUNTRIES, IN DRAKAPOULOS, YOLANDA, ED., PROCEEDINGS OF AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM--CARIBBEAN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: NEW FRONTIERS FOR INVESTMENT: JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA, SPECIAL ISSUE 11, P. 1-6.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: RUSSELL, 1989.}
ReporterOrris, Greta J.