Wamara Mountains

Occurrence in Guyana with commodities Iron, Aluminum, Titanium, Metal, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  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 10093760
MRDS ID W026885
Record type Site
Current site name Wamara Mountains

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -58.58264, 5.15132 (WGS84)
Relative position ITUNI, 55 KM FROM

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
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result CHEMISTRY OF RESERVES IN PERCENT: FE, 33 - 49
Result SIO2 , 24 - 30
Result AND P, LOW: WITH AL2O3 , 24 - 40 , AND TIO2 , 1.3 , AS OTHER SIGNIFICANT COMPONENTS

Nearby scientific data

(1) -58.58264, 5.15132

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Laterite Layers Cover The Erosional Remnants Of A Peneplain 300 M. High

Ore body information

  • General form LATERITE CRUST
    Thickness 4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

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.