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Kwakwani Deposit

Producer in Guyana with commodity Aluminum
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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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084869
MRDS ID W700089
Record type Site
Current site name Kwakwani Deposit
Alternate or previous names Ridge Deposit, Lamp Creek, Wong Ridges I, Ii, Iii, Bissaruni, Mumbaka, Manaka Lease, Kurubuka, Good Hope, Manaka, Chimari, Green Creek, C-Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -58.01847, 5.26964 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 100 MI SSE OF GEORGETOWN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Comments on the location information

  • EAST SIDE OF THE BERBICE RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore
Boehmite Ore
Gibbsite Ore
Goethite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Monazite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Rutile Gangue
Siderite Gangue
Sillimanite Gangue
Staurolite Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 111
USGS model code 38b
Deposit model name Bauxite, laterite type

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Berbice Formation
    Rock description Berbice Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -58.01847, 5.26964
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Berbice River Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Berbice Co. Ltd. (Reynolds Metals Co.)
    First year 1952
    Last year 1952

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION REPRESENTS ONLY THAT AMOUNT THAT WAS EXPORTED BY BERBICE CO. LTD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, FEBRUARY, 1976, P. 36-37.

  • Deposit

    BRITISH GUIANA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1954, PROVISIONAL GEOLOGICAL MAP OF BRITISH GUIANA, 1 SHEET.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1076-B, P. 62-65.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1228, P. 52-55.

  • Deposit

    BISHOPP, D.W., COMPILER, 1954, THE BAUXITE RESOURCES OF BRITISH GUIANA AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA BULLETIN NO. 26, 123 P.

  • Production

    WORLD MINING, 1976

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNDERLAIN BY KAOLINITE, OVERLAIN BY BROWN SANDS, OVERBURDEN FACTOR VARIES FROM 1.5 TO 11.2.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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