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Montgomery Mine

Producer in Guyana with commodities Aluminum, Kaolin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061988
MRDS ID TC34992
Record type Site
Current site name Montgomery Mine
Alternate or previous names Montgomery - Arrowcane

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -58.25541, 5.82795 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF MACKENZIE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Comments on the location information

  • ON EAST BANK OF DEMERARA RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Kaolin Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore
Boehmite Ore
Gibbsite Ore
Anatase Gangue
Goethite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 60.45% AL2O3, 1.25% FE2O3
Result 1.90% TIO2, 6.79% SIO2
Result 29.61% H2O

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 111
USGS model code 38b
Deposit model name Bauxite, laterite type

Nearby scientific data

(1) -58.25541, 5.82795
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 7.62M
    Length 2413.95M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ELEVATION OF ORE HORIZON 150 FT; LENGTH N-S DIMENSION; SEEMS TO FORM A ROUNDED HUMPBACK CAPPING TO UNDERLYING MOUNDS AND RIDGES; OVERBURDEN 65 TO MORE THAN 100 FT; GENTLE DIP TOWARD NORTH; UNDERLYING ROCKS ARE HORNBLENDE GRANITES AND GRANODIORITES.STRAT SECTION: COARSE SAND (WHITE SAND SERIES-BLEACHED CLAY INTERVALS, PEAT HORIZON), BLEACHED CLAY, BAUXITE, KAOLIN, WEATHERED GRANITE, GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mackenzie

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Demerara Bauxite Co.

Comments on the production information

  • CLOSED 1944-1948.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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