Marie Elizabeth Mine

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 10304214
MAS/MILS ID 3120000007
Record type Site
Current site name Marie Elizabeth Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -58.2771, 5.90128 (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) -58.2771, 5.90128

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6M
    Length 1300M
    Width 1300M
    Area 100HA
    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
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Minimum Depth to Top 1
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 20
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Total Surface Area (HA) 100
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1918

Mining district

District name Mackenzie District

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Demba
    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

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

  • Deposit

    E TERTIARY AND UPPER CRETACEOUS OF BRITISH GUIANA: LEIDSE GE

  • Deposit

    .,VOL.30, P.204.

  • Deposit

    KERSEN, 1956, BAUXITE DEPOSITS IN SURINAME AND DEMERARA: LEI

  • Deposit

    L. MED. DL.21, AFL. 1, P.305-307.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    OF SOME BR.GUIANA BAUXITE DEPOSITS:ECON. GEOL., VOL.52, P.39

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GEOL.SURVEY, B.34,156PP.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SAND FM. OF BRITISH GUIANA: PROC. OF THE 5TH INTER-GUIANA G

  • Deposit

    F.

  • Deposit

    PATTERSON,S.H., 1967, BAUXITE RESERVES AND POTENTIAL ALUMINU

  • Deposit

    RCES OF THE WORLD: U.S.GEOL.SURV.BULL.1228, P.52-56.

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).

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.