Savane Terre Rouge

Occurrence in Artibonite, Haiti with commodity Aluminum

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Mineral occurrence model information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10062298
MRDS ID	TC35634
Record type	Site
Current site name	Savane Terre Rouge
Alternate or previous names	Goyavier Plateau Includes Savane Gambie, Savanna S. of Darane

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-72.19961, 18.71732 (WGS84)
Elevation	579

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Artibonite(province)

Haiti(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Haiti	Artibonite

Comments on the location information

ON PLATEAUS NW OF GONAIVES, SOUTH DARNE AND NORTH OF MORNE LA PIERRE.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Aluminum Critical	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Bauxite	Ore
Boehmite	Ore
Gibbsite	Ore

Analytical data

Result	34.57% AL2O3, 22.73% SIO2, 1.67% TIO2, 17.49% FE2O3, 0.06% MNO, 1.04% MGO, 0.82% CAO, 5.50% H2O, 15.72% LOI (GOYAVIER PLATEAU)
Result	39.8%-50.16% AL2O3, 17.0-2.23% SIO2, 16.5-21.67% FE2O3, 2.3-3.07% TIO2, 23.1-20.74% LOI (2 SAMPLES ONE S OF DARANE, OTHER SAVANE TERRE ROUGE).

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	112
USGS model code	38c
Deposit model name	Bauxite, karst type

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-72.19961, 18.71732	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Morne La Pierre Region

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC35634

Bibliographic references

Deposit

GOLDICH, S.S., AND BERGQUIST, H.R., 1948, ALUMINOUS LATERITIC SOIL OF THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI, W.I.: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 954-C, P. 63-111.
Deposit

PATTERSON, S.H., KURTZ, H.F., OLSON, J.C., AND NEELEY, C.L., 1980, WORLD BAUXITE RESOURCES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1076-B, 151 P.
Other Database

CIMRI

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	SOIL ON EOCENE LIMESTONE KARST TOPOGRAPHY; SAVANE TERRE ROUGE IS LARGE BASIN OR SINKHOLE 7000 FT LONG IN E-W DIRECTION, AND ABOUT 2000 FT WIDE.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-NOV-1992	Page, Norman J.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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