Commodities
PrimaryKaolin, Aluminum
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeSedimentary
Model111: Bauxite, laterite type
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsBauxite, Boehmite, Gibbsite
GangueGoethite, Halloysite, Kaolinite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockClastic Sedimentary Rock,Sandstone · Berbice Or Onverdacht Formation;White Sands Formation;;
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1922
Identification
Deposit ID10068726
MRDS IDW001966
Alternate namesMoenggo, Moengo Peak
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates4.92743, -54.92145
References
VAN KERSEN, J.F., 1956-58, BAUXITE DEPOSITS IN SURINAME AND DEMERARA (BRITISH GUIANA), FROM LEIDSE GEOLOGISCHE MEDEDELINGEN, DEEL 21, AFLEVERING 1, P. 267-282, ILLUS. (INCL. SKETCH MAP).KROOK, L., 1969, THE ORIGIN OF BAUXITE IN THE COASTAL PLAIN OF SURINAM AND GUYANA: IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF SURINAM, SURINAM GOVT. GEOL. AND MINING SERV., DEPT. MINES, FORESTS AND LANDS, PP. 173-179, ILLUS.PATTERSON AND OTHERS, 1986, WORLD BAUXITE RESOURCES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1076-B, 151 P.USGS BULLETIN 1228, P. 56.U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1963, V. IV.LEIDSE GEOLOGISCHE MEDEDELINGEN, V. 21, P. 250-375.ALEVA, G.J.J., 1984, LATERITIZATION, BAUXITIZATION, AND CYCLIC LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT IN THE GUIANA SHIELD, IN JACOBS, LEONARD, ED., BAUXITE: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1984 BAUXITE SYMPOSIUM, SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS: NEW YORK, P. 297-318.