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Trewern Mine

Past Producer in Guyana with commodity Aluminum
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10061989
MRDS ID TC34994
Record type Site
Current site name Trewern Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -58.25541, 5.80961 (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

  • SOUTH OF MONTGOMERY MINE, ON EAST SIDE OF DEMERARA RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore
Boehmite Ore
Gibbsite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud

Nearby scientific data

(1) -58.25541, 5.80961
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SECTION TOP TO BOTTOM: WHITE SAND, YELLOW AND GREY PLASTIC CLAY; PINK-GREY PLASTIC CLAY WITH BAUXITE PARTICLES IN LOWER HALF; SILICEOUS BAUXITE, BAUXITE, VARIEGATED PLASTIC CLAY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mackenzie

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Demerara Bauxite Co.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINED OUT AND ABANDONED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BISHOPP, D.W., COMPILER, 1954, THE BAUXITE RESOURCES OF BRITISH GUIANA AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA BULLETIN NO. 26, 123 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    BISHOPP (1954).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1992 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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