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Aroaima Mining Company

Producer in Guyana with commodity Aluminum
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056763
MRDS ID TC00873
Record type Site
Current site name Aroaima Mining Company

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -57.99929, 5.25131 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore
Boehmite Ore
Gibbsite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 111
USGS model code 38b
Deposit model name Bauxite, laterite type

Nearby scientific data

(1) -57.99929, 5.25131
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleo Surface

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1990

Mining district

District name Berdice Region

Ownership information

  • Type Joint Venture Owner
    Owner Aroaima Mining Co.
  • Type Joint Venture Partner
    Owner Reynolds Metals Co.
    Interest 50
  • Type Joint Venture Partner
    Owner Government Of Guyana
    Interest 50

Comments on the production information

  • EXPECT TO PHASE PRODUCTION UP TO 2,000,000 T PER YEAR BY 1994.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SEHNKE, E.D., 1991, BAUXITE AND ALUMINA: MINING ENGINEERING, V. 43, NO. 6, P. 593-594

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    MINING ENGINEERING, JUNE 1991.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1991 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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