Good Hope

Prospect 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158524
MAS/MILS ID 3120000087
Record type Site
Current site name Good Hope

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -58.0593, 5.18131 (WGS84)
Elevation 90

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gibbsite Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -58.0593, 5.18131

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.5M
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kwakwani Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Guyana Bauxite Co. (Guybau)
    Interest 100
    Home office Guyana
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLEACKLEY, D. 1964. BAUXITES AND LATERITES OF BRITISH GUIANA

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA, BULL. NO. 34.

  • Deposit

    VELASQUEZ, JOSE DARIO H., 1972. LIMITS OF ECONOMIC FEASIBILI

  • Deposit

    BAUXITE IN WESTERN COLUMBIA. THESIS DEPT. OF MINERAL ECONOMI

  • Deposit

    COLO. SCHOOL OF MINES, GOLDEN. GEN. INFO. APPL. TO GUIANA MI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6-23-75 THE GOVERNMENT OWNS ALL CONCESSIONS. THE PRECISE WO ARRANGEMENTS COULD NOT BE DETERMINED PARTIAL ANALYSIS:47.58% AL203,4.02% SI02,19% FE203.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Wor U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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