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Ituni

Occurrence in Guyana with commodities Aluminum, Kaolin
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111529
MRDS ID TC38155
Record type Site
Current site name Ituni

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -58.22763, 5.68935 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF BERBICE RIVER, SOUTH OF MACKENZIE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Kaolin Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BOTH REMNANT-CONTINENTALLY-DERIVED DETRITAL.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite 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 > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -58.22763, 5.68935
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • 2 TYPES OF BAUXITE FOUND, COLLUVIAL AND REMANENT. STRAT SECTION: WHITE SAND [WHITE SAND SERIES] CLAY LENSES; BLEACHED CLAY (SED); TRANSITION; BAUXITE UPPER IN PISOLITE BAUXITE; TRANSITION ZONE (1.5 M); RESIDUAL CLAY-KAOLINITE BEARING; WEATHERED GRANITE. AFTER COVERING OF BAUXITE-FERRITE WITH SEDIMENTS OF THE WHITE SAND SERIES, THE BAUXITIZATION PROCESS CONTINUED AND THE BAUXITE-FERRITE BED INCREASED IN THICKNESS NOT ONLY AT THE COST OF THE UNDERLYING KAOLIN BUT ALSO OF THE CLAY FACIES OF THE WHITE SAND SERIES WHICH FORMS THE LOWER PART OF THIS SERIES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Berbice

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KERSEN, J.F. VAN, 1956, BAUXITE DEPOSITS IN SURINAME AND DEMERARA (BRITISH GUIANA): LEIDSE GEOLOGISCHE MEDEDELINGEN, V. 21, PT. 1, P. 247-375

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1993 Gray, Floyd U.S. Geological Survey

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