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Surinam Bauxite Deposits

Producer in Suriname 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. Host and associated rocks
  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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069041
MRDS ID W002323
Record type Site
Current site name Surinam Bauxite Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -56.79927, 4.768 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Suriname(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Suriname

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES FROM NIMA'S GEONAMES DATABASE ARE FOR BAKHUIS BAUXIET AREAAL (ALUMINUM MINE)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore
Anatase Gangue
Boehmite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Kaolin Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -56.79927, 4.768
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 3M
    Length 41000M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Surinam River And Para River

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Suralco A Subsidiary Of Alcoa

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1) THIS AMOUNT HAS AVERAGE COMPOSITION: 54% AL2O3, 3% SIO2, 9% FE2O3, 5% TIO2, AND 29% LOSS ON IGNITION.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE IMPORTANT DEPOSITS ARE ONVERDACHT, PARANAM, RORAC, AND PARA ALONG THE SURINAM AND PARA RIVERS. THE LARGEST PLATEAU DEPOSITS ARE IN THE NASSAU AND BAKHUIS MOUNTAINS.

Comments on development

  • DEPOSITS OCCUR IN 41 KM LONG BELT NEAR THE COAST AND ON PLATEAUS INLAND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PATTERSON, S.H., 1967, BAUXITE RESERVES AND POTENTIAL ALUMINUM RESOURCES OF THE WORLD

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST DEPOSITS ARE 10 TO 20 FOOT CAPPINGS ON LOW FLAT-TOPPED HILLS AND ARE OVERLAIN BY ONLY A THIN VENEER OF SAND, CLAY AND SEDIMENTARY ROCK. BUT SOME DEPOSITS ARE COVERED BY AS MUCH AS 80 FEET OF CLAY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Warfle, Thomas M. U.S. Geological Survey

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