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Maripa Hill

Occurrence in Suriname with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064005
MRDS ID TC38149
Record type Site
Current site name Maripa Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -54.8659, 4.70134 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Suriname(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Suriname

Comments on the location information

  • E OF SARA CREEK; ON PENINSULA ON EASTERN SHORE OF LAKE VAN BLOMMESTEIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Braunite Ore
Lithiophorite Ore
Polianite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Spessartite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -54.8659, 4.70134
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 1000M
    Width 80M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1956

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE (1) 735,887 MT PROBABLY RESERVE, 277,379 POSSIBLE RESERVE, AVERAGE RECOVERY OF 34.4% OF MATERIAL LARGER THAN 16 MESH. ORE (2) ORE MATERIAL IN 7,290,000 MT OF CLAY IN ZONE 1100M LONG BY 40 M DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMISION FOR THE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE WORLD, 1983, METALLOGENIC MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA, SCALE 1:5,000,000.

  • Deposit

    BOSMA, W., HO LEN FAT, A.G., AND WELTER, C.C., 1972 (?), MINERALS AND MINING IN SURINAME: SEPARATA DE LA MEMORIA DE IX CONFERENCIA INTER-GUAYANAS BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA: PUBLICACION ESPECIAL NO. 6 CARACAS, VENEZUELA, P. 493-526.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WEATHERED MATERIAL DEPTH AS SHOWN BY DRILLING; DETRIDAL MN ZONE IS 2.75 M THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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