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Apoema Socla

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 10064006
MRDS ID TC38151
Record type Site
Current site name Apoema Socla
Alternate or previous names Pedrosoengo Falls

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -54.43255, 4.65134 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Suriname(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Suriname

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR AND WEST OF MAROWIJNE RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Braunite Ore
Limonite Ore
Polianite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -54.43255, 4.65134
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip N STEEP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • WASHED ORE AVERAGES ABOUT 30% MN.

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 ON RIDGE 6 KM LONG, METASEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE THAT IS INTENSIVELY FOLDED, SEVERAL SMALL LATERITIC MANGANESE BODIES.

Reporter information

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

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