Lake Brokopondo District

Occurrence in Suriname with commodities Aluminum, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001745
MRDS ID W026852
Record type District
Current site name Lake Brokopondo District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -54.96593, 5.06802 (WGS84)
Relative position AREA INCLUDES: MAJORODAM MOUNTAINS; BROWN MOUNTAINS; WITIWAII MOUNTAINS; NASSAU MOUNTAINS; LELY MOUNTAINS; AND BONDERBARI MOUNTAINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Suriname(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Suriname

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -54.96593, 5.06802

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name LAKE BROKOPONDO DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302 - 380 . 433 QUN22S

Beyond USGS

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