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Moengo Hill General Site

Past Producer in Suriname with commodities Aluminum, Kaolin
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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 10064010
MRDS ID TC38156
Record type Site
Current site name Moengo Hill General Site
Alternate or previous names Ricanau, Rdjdemakondre, Moengo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -54.39561, 5.62822 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Suriname(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Suriname

Comments on the location information

  • WESTERN MOENGO IS BETWEEN COTTICA AND MAROWYNE RIVERS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Kaolin Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ONLY BAUXITE PRODUCED AT THIS TIME, CONTINENTALLY DERIVED DETRITAL.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore
Boehmite Ore
Gibbsite Ore
Kaolinite Ore

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 Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -54.39561, 5.62822
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BED
    Dip 18N
    Length 5000M
    Width 1000M

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO OVERBURDEN; CONCRETIONARY TO EARTHY AND MOSTLY LIGHT CREAMY PINK IN COLOR. PROFILE: SOIL COVER, 0-1.5 M; FERRITE-BAUXITE, 1-8 M; TRANSITION ZONE, 1.5-2 M; RESIDUAL CLAY, 15-20M; AUTOCHTHONOUSSANDY CLAY, 10M.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moengo Hill

Comments on the workings information

  • HEIGHT OF WORKINGS IS 9-27 M.

Comments on development

  • BAUXITE TRANSPORTED BY CRUSHER BY 36 IN. GAUGE RAILROAD. ; ECON.COM: NEAR DRYING AND CALCINING PLANT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALEVA, G.J.J., 1975, THE BAUXITES OF THE GUYANA SHIELD AS A SOURCE FOR REFRACTORY GRADE RAW MATERIALS: INTERCERAM, V. 24, NO. 4, P. 259-61.

  • Deposit

    PATTERSON, S.H., KURTZ, H.F., OLSON, J.C., AND NEELEY, C.L., 1986, WORLD BAUXITE RESOURCES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1076-B, 146P.

  • Deposit

    KERSEN, J.F. VAN, BAUXITE DEPOSITS IN SURINAME AND DEMERARA (BRITISH GUIANA): LEIDSE GEOLOGISCHE MEDEDELINGEN, V. 21, PT. 1, P. 247-375.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1993 Gray, Floyd U.S. Geological Survey

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