| Deposit ID | 10064951 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | TC39853 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Montagne De Plomb |
| Geographic coordinates: | -52.90891, 5.00133 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 10000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Department of Guiana [French Guiana](province)
France(country)
Europe(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| France | Department of Guiana [French Guiana] |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bauxite | Ore |
| Gibbsite | Ore |
| Model code | 111 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 38b |
| Deposit model name | Bauxite, laterite type |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||
| Rock unit name | Lower Paramaca | ||
| Rock description | Lower Paramaca | ||
| |||
| (1) | -52.90891, 5.00133 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1962 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 10000000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | TC39853 |
BRGM, 1979, INVENTAIRE MINIER DU DEPARTEMENT DE LA GUYANE: BILAN ET PERSPECTIVES: MINISTERE DE L'INDUSTRIE; BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES, AUG. 1979, 127P
CIMRI
BRGM (1979).
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 4000 HECTARES COVERED BY LATERITE, 400-500 HECTARES GREATER THAN 35% AL1O3. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1993 | Page, Norman J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.