Maria Elizabeth

Producer 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107070
MRDS ID TC34995
Record type Site
Current site name Maria Elizabeth
Alternate or previous names Maria Elizabeth Ore Body, Akyma

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -58.2868, 5.79017 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 56 MILES ESW OF GEORGETOWN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSITS ON AKYMAHLIC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore
Boehmite Ore
Gibbsite Ore
Anatase Gangue
Goethite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result COMPOSITE AREA OVER 18 FT: 60.45% AL2O3, 1.25% FE2O3, 1.90% TIO2, 6.79% SIO2, 29.61% LOI

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 Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud

Nearby scientific data

(1) -58.2868, 5.79017

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 5.49M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SECTION TOP TO BOTTOM: WHITE, BROWN, AND WHITE SAND; TOUGH GRAY SANDY CLAY; LIGNITIC CLAY; GRAY SANDY CLAY; GRAY BAUXITIC CLAY; HARD GRAY ORE; GRAY BAUXITIC CLAY; GRAY CLAY; GRAY SANDY CLAY; CREAME MICA CLAY; YELLOW-BROWN MICA CLAY AND SIDERITE, BROWN CLAY; WHITE-PINK KAOLINITIC CLAY; DARK GRAY CLAY AND QUARTZ; WEATHERED ROCK; OVERBURDEN 2 1/2- 3 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1918

Mining district

District name Mackenzie Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Demerara Bauxite Co.
    First year 1916

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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