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Dorabece Deposit

Producer in Guyana 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111506
MRDS ID TC34993
Record type Site
Current site name Dorabece Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -58.23624, 5.86434 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTH OF MACKENZIE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Comments on the location information

  • ON EAST BANK OF DEMERARA RIVER, IMMEDIATELY TO NORTH OF MONTGOMERY-ARROWCANE.

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -58.23624, 5.86434
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip GENTLY EAST
    Thickness 7.62M

Comments on the geologic information

  • OVERBURDEN UP TO 150 FT OF WHITE SAND, BROWN SAND AND SANDY CLAY WITH BANDS OF LIGNITIC SAND; UNDERLAIN BY WHITE KAOLIN CLAY; WITH HORNBLENDE GRANITE AND GRANODIORITE AS BASEMENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mackenzie

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Demerara Bauxite Co.

Comments on the production information

  • HOPED THAT OVERBURDEN STRIPPING WOULD BEGIN IN 1955.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BISHOPP, D.W., COMPILER, 1954, THE BAUXITE RESOURCES OF BRITISH GUIANA AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA BULLETIN NO. 26, 123 P.

  • Deposit

    BLEAKLEY, D., 1064, BAUXITES AND LATERITES OF BRITISH GUIANA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA BULLETIN NO. 34, 156 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    BISHOPP (1954).

Reporter information

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

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