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Du Bois Hill

Occurrence in Suriname with commodity Kyanite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063984
MRDS ID TC38121
Record type Site
Current site name Du Bois Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -54.84923, 5.11798 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 12 KM E. OF BOSLAND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Suriname(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Suriname

Comments on the location information

  • E. OF SURINAME RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • KYANITE VARIES FROM LESS THAN 1 MM TO 20 CM, AVERAGES 0.5 MM.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kyanite Ore
Andalusite Gangue
Chloritoid Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Staurolite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -54.84923, 5.11798
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 12M
    Length 1100M
    Depth to top 90M

Comments on the geologic information

  • KYANITE QUARTZITES, QUARTZITES, SERICITE SCHISTS ON N-S RIDGE 3 KM LONG; KYANITE OCCURSAS SCATTERED GRAINS, IRREGULAR BANDS, LENSES, VEINS; KYANITE QUARTZITES ARE 10-15 M THICK; ZONE, 100 M THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1901

Comments on development

  • 1968-1970, 8 DIAMOND DRILL HOLES WERE COMPLETED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMISSION FOR THE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE WORLD, 1983 METALLOGENIC MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA, SCALE 1:5,000,000.

  • Deposit

    BOSMA, W., HO LEN FAT, A.G., AND WELTER, C.C., 1972 (?), MINERALS AND MINING IN SURINAME: SEPARATA DE LA MEMORIA DE IX CONFERENCIA INTER-GUAYANAS BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA: PUBLICACION ESPECIAL NO. 6 CARACAS, VENEZUELA, P. 493-526.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    BOSMA ET AL (1972 (?)).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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