Mine detail: Amazon Valley Bauxite

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Location: Para, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -1.99829, -57.99929
dep_id: 10097397
mrds_id: W001390
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Aluminum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Bauxite, Gibbsite
orebody_fm: TABULAR-SURFACE-BLANKET
conc_proc: Laterization
ore_ctrl: Bauxite Formed On Tops Of Benches, Or Tablelands Or Mesas
Reporter: White, Max G.
hrock_type: Sand and Gravel
Structure: Reg.Trends: Benches Or Mesas 100-200 M. Above River Level, Laterization At Tops Of High Benches
tectonic: Amazon Basin Continental Sediments.
disc_yr: 1968
discr: Various Mining Companies
References:
  • Deposit:: WOLF, F.A.M., 1972, BAUXITE NA AMAZONIA: ABST. 26 BRAZ. GEOL. CONG
  • Deposit:: 1970 DIREXPL ALCAN
  • Deposit:: 1970 DIREXPL ALCOA
  • Deposit:: COMPANY REPORTS NOT AVAILABLE BUT WILL EVENTUALLY TIE IN THIS RECORD NO.
  • Reserve-Resource:: WOLF, F.A.M., 1972, REF.
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