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Billiton Co. Pegmatite

Past Producer in Suriname with commodities Tin, Lithium, Sodium, Tantalum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064008
MRDS ID TC38153
Record type Site
Current site name Billiton Co. Pegmatite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -54.24922, 5.31797 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Suriname(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Suriname

Comments on the location information

  • SW OF CONFLUENCE OF JORKA CREEK AND MAROWIJNE RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Lithium Critical Primary
Sodium Primary
Tantalum Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TANTALITE CRYSTALS UP TO 12 CM; LOCALLY INTERGROWN WITH CASSITERITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Amblygonite Ore
Cassiterite Ore
Tantalite Ore
Beryl Gangue
Galena Gangue
Lithiophorite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Strengite Gangue
Variscite Gangue
Wavellite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -54.24922, 5.31797
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip E STEEP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1956

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Billiton Co.
    First year 1956

Production statistics

  • Year 1963
    Period 1961-1963
    Material AMBLYGONITE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^8% Li2o
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Li2O Lithium Lithium 8wt-pct
  • Year 1970
    Material CONC.
    Description Ap_Grade: ^40% Cassiterite, 40% Tantalite
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Manganese Manganese 40wt-pct
    Conc. Tin Tin 40wt-pct
  • Year 1971
    Material CONC.
    Description Ap_Grade: ^40% Cassiterite, 40% Tantalite
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Manganese Manganese 40wt-pct
    Conc. Tin Tin 40wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ORE (1) WEATHERED DEPOSIT; ORE (2) ELUVIAL MATERIAL. CASSITERITE IS CASSITERITE-TANTALITE CONCENTRATE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMISION 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

  • Production

    BOSMA ET AL (1972 (?)).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROP WIDTH AND LENGTH 10M BELOW SURFACE WAS 30X40 M; TANTALITE OCCURS THROUGHOUT THE PEGMATITE, BUT CONCENTRATED IN CORE.

Reporter information

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

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