Kindia

Producer in Kindia, Guinea 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084834
MRDS ID W700047
Record type Site
Current site name Kindia
Alternate or previous names Debele

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -12.84859, 10.06757 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kindia(province)

Guinea(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Guinea Kindia

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE IS FOR TOWN OF KINDIA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore
Boehmite Ore
Gibbsite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 111
USGS model code 38b
Deposit model name Bauxite, laterite type

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -12.84859, 10.06757

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT BEGAN IN 1972.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1978-79.

  • Deposit

    SAM H. PATTERSON, PERS. COMMUN., 1986?

  • Reserve-Resource

    PATTERSON, 1986?

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1988 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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