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Topira Deposit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061973
MRDS ID TC34972
Record type Site
Current site name Topira Deposit
Alternate or previous names Warababaru No. 1 and 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -58.16513, 5.44991 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 95 MILES SOUTH OF GEORGETOWN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG WATERSHED OF BERBICE AND DEMERARA RIVERS, S. AND E. OF ITUNI.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore
Boehmite Ore
Gibbsite Ore

Analytical data

Result 60.81% AL2O3, 1.17% FE2O3, 2.53% TIO2, 5.15% SIO2, 30.34% LOI
Result AVERAGES 5.22% SIO2 AND 2.69% FE2O3.

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud

Nearby scientific data

(1) -58.16513, 5.44991
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.88M

Comments on the geologic information

  • 12-30 FT OF OVERBURDEN, DRILL HOLES SHOW 2-14 FT OF ORE, UP TO 25 FT REPORTED, UNDERLAIN BY KAOLIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ituni Group

Comments on the production information

  • INCLUDES TOPIRA AND WARABABARU WHICH SEEM TO BE THE SAME DEPOSIT IN PART - LITERATURE APPEARS TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH NAMES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BISHOPP, D.W., COMPILER, 1954, THE BAUXITE RESOURCES OF BRITISH GUIANA AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA BULLETIN NO. 26, 123 P.

  • Deposit

    BLEAKLEY, D., 1964, BAUXITES AND LATERITES OF BRITISH GUIANA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA BULLETIN NO. 34, 156 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    BISHOPP (1954).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1992 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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