Montgomery

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10232364
MAS/MILS ID 3120000004
Record type Site
Current site name Montgomery

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -58.2743, 5.93457 (WGS84)

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
Rutile Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -58.2743, 5.93457

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 8M
    Length 2400M
    Width 800M
    Area 200HA
    Depth to top 20M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Minimum Depth to Top 10
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 10
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 10
    Total Surface Area (HA) 200
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mackenzie District

Ownership information

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method QUARRY
    Percent Waste Rock 10
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 20
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CORRESPONDENCE: GUYANA BAUXITE CO.,LTD., NOV.11,1975 (SEE GU

  • Deposit

    FILE).

  • Deposit

    GUYANA BAUXITE CO. MAP.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GUYANA MAP: BAUXITE DEPOSITS AT LINDEN AND I

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA MAP:PART OF N.E. BRITISH GUIA

  • Deposit

    BLEACKLEY,D.,1964, BAUXITES AND LATERITES OF BR.GUIANA: GEOL

  • Deposit

    BR.GUINA, BUL.34,156PP.

  • Deposit

    BLEACKLEY,D.,AND KHAN,E.,1962, A NOTE ON THE SOILS OF THE WH

  • Deposit

    D FN. OF BR.GUIANA: PROC.OF THE 5TH INTER-GUIANA GEOL. (ONE.

  • Deposit

    VALETON,I.,1971, TUBULAR FOSSILS IN THE BAUXITES AND THE UND

  • Deposit

    SEDIMENTS OF SURINAM AND GUYANA;GEOL.EN MIJNB.,VOL.50, NO.6

  • Deposit

    PATTERSON,SAM H., 1967, BAUXITE RESERVES AND POTENTIAL ALUMI

  • Deposit

    OURCES OF THE WORLD:U.S. GEOL.SUR.BULL.1228, P.52-56.

  • Deposit

    HAMMEN,T.VAN DER, AND WYMSTRA,T.,1964, A PALYNOLOGICAL STUDY

  • Deposit

    TERTIARY AND UPPER CRET. OF BR. GUIANA: LEIDSE GEOL. MED. V

  • Deposit

    P202-205,219.

  • Deposit

    KERSEN,J.F.VAN, 1956, BAUXITE DEPOSITS IN SURINAM AND DEMERA

  • Deposit

    DSE GEOL.MED. DL.21, AFL.1, P.301-303.

  • Deposit

    BRINLEY,G.W. AND SUTTON,W.H.,1957, AN X-RAY MINERALOGICAL ST

  • Deposit

    SOME BR. GUIANA BAUXITE DEPOSITS:ECON.GEOL.,VOL.52, P.396.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ACCORDING TO A GUYANA BAUXITE CO.,LTD. LETTER (NOV.11, 1975) DEPOSIT IS MINED OUT. LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE. ACCURACY IS WITHIN PLUS OR MINUS ON MINUTE. MAPS USED ARE INACCURATE (SEE FILE REPORT). THE MILLING COST IS AN ESTIMATE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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