Gemerts Hill

Occurrence in Suriname with commodities Aluminum, Kaolin
Sections on this page
  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 10064011
MRDS ID TC38157
Record type Site
Current site name Gemerts Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -54.35811, 5.59907 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Suriname(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Suriname

Comments on the location information

  • OFF KILOMETER 37, NORTH OF ALBINA-MOENGO ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Kaolin Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite 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) -54.35811, 5.59907

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moengo

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1977, THE CARIBBEAN-NEW FACES IN A MIXED MINING SCENE: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 178, NO. 11, P. 55-198

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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