Occurrence

Aroaima Deposit

Guyana
Aluminum
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Description

E.E. Winter

Commodities
PrimaryAluminum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model111: Bauxite, laterite type
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsBauxite, Boehmite, Gibbsite
Geology
Host rockClay, Mud
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1919
Identification
Deposit ID10061972
MRDS IDTC34971
RegionSA
Data scoreD
Coordinates5.30687, -58.03763
References
BISHOPP, D.W., COMPILER, 1954, THE BAUXITE RESOURCES OF BRITISH GUIANA AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA BULLETIN NO. 26, 123 P.BLEAKLEY, D., 1964, BAUXITES AND LATERITES OF BRITISH GUIANA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA BULLETIN NO. 34, 156 P.CIMRI