Bauxite - Guyana

Occurrence in Guyana with commodity Aluminum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068724
MRDS ID W001964
Record type Site
Current site name Bauxite - Guyana

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -57.99929, 5.00133 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -57.99929, 5.00133

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E., 1969, GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY OPERATIONS OF THE DEMERARA BAUXITE COMPANY IN CONNECTION WITH THE SEARCH FOR BAUXITE IN GUYANA: GEOL. SURV. GUYANA, GEORGETOWN, RECORDS VOL. 6, PP. VI-3-VI-8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN BERBICE-ESQUIBO BELT (GUYANA). THE BAUXITE DEPOSITS ARE USUALLY RELATED IN FORM AND DISPOSITION TO EXISTING BASEMENT TOPOGRAPHY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-73 Bannigan, Jane L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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