Paranam

Past Producer in Suriname with commodity Aluminum

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10022524
MRDS ID	DE03109
Record type	Site
Current site name	Paranam

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Approximate
Geographic coordinates:	-55.91108, 4.12776 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Suriname(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Suriname

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Aluminum Critical	Primary

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1)	-55.91108, 4.12776	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Ownership information

Type Operator

Owner Suralco

Type	Operator
Owner	Suralco

Comments on development

1937 WORK BEGAN

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	DE03109

Bibliographic references

Deposit

U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK 1963

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	TOPIBO HILL AND RORAC TO BE DEPLETED BY 1965; IN 1965 NEW DEP. DEV. AT ONORIBO IV--2200'X4000'X23' AND ONORIBO II. ONORIBO I IS DEPLETED. ONORIBO III WILL BE DEV. LATER.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	25-AUG-1995	Mosier, Dan	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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