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Blue Mountains

Occurrence in Guyana with commodities Iron, Aluminum, Titanium, Metal
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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 10078521
MRDS ID W026887
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Mountains

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -58.81598, 6.55124 (WGS84)
Relative position BARTICA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result CHEMISTRY OF RESERVES IN PERCENT: FE, 33 - 46
Result AND SIO2 , 6 - 16
Result WITH AL2O3 , 12 - 36 , AND TIO2 , 5 - 8 , AS OTHER SIGNIFICANT COMPONENTS

Nearby scientific data

(1) -58.81598, 6.55124
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LATERITE
    Thickness 7M
    Length 33000M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ALL GUYANA RESOURCES ARE CLASSIFIED AS POTENTIAL BECAUSE OF POOR QUALITY AND DIFFICULT ACCESS.
  • ALL GUYANA RESOURCES CLASSIFIED AS POTENTIAL BECAUSE OF POOR QUALITY AND DIFFICULT ACCESS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302 - 380

  • Reserve-Resource

    ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Cooper, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1977 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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