Producer

Bauxite - Guyana

Guyana
Aluminum
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Commodities
PrimaryAluminum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formTABULAR, DOME-SHAPED, MASSIVE LAYERS
Materials
Ore mineralsBauxite, Gibbsite
GangueClay, Kaolin
Geology
Host rockSand and Gravel,Granite · Sands, Clays, Berbice Formation;;;Basal Rocks, Metasediments
Associated rockDiorite,Granite
Tectonic settingPrecambrian Shield
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10068722
MRDS IDW001961
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates5.00133, -57.99929
References
BLEACKLEY, D., AND PHIL, D., 1964, BAUXITES AND LATERITES OF BRITISH GUIANA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA, BULL. 34, 156 P., ILLUS.HOSE, H.R., 1959, THE ORIGIN OF BAUXITES IN BRITISH GUIANA AND JAMAICA: IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTH INTER-GUIANA GEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPT., GEORGETOWN, BRITISH GUIANA, P. 185-199.BATESON, J.H., 1961, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE FERRUGINOUS BAUXITE OF THE PAKARAIMA MOUNTAINS: BRITISH GUIANA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPT., MINERAL RESOURCES PAMPHLET 10, 28 P.BLEACKLEY, D., 1961, STATUS OF INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF BRITISH GUIANA: INTER-GUIANA GEOL. CONF., 5TH, GEORGETOWN, BRITISH GUIANA 1959, PROC., P. 213-227.PATTERSON, S.H., 1967, BAUXITE RESERVES AND POTENTIAL ALUMINUN RESOURCES OF THE WORLD.ANDERSON, E., 1969, GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY OPERATIONS OF THE DEMERARA BAUXITE COMPANY IN CONNECTION WITH THE SEARCH FOR BAUXITE IN GUYANA: GEOL. SURV. GUYANA, GEORGETOWN, RECORDS VOL. 6, P. VI-3-VI-8.RUSSELL, A., 1989, GUYANA'S INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 61-67.1937 DIREXPL DEMERARA BAUXITE CO., LTD.1955 DIREXPL HARVEY ALUMINUM OF AMERICA1958 OTHER GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BRIT. GUIANARUSSELL, A., 1989.