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North of Left Adampada Creek

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096047
MRDS ID TC38126
Record type Site
Current site name North of Left Adampada Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -55.64925, 4.55135 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Suriname(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Suriname

Comments on the location information

  • 8 KM N OF LEFT ADAMPADA CREEK TRIBUTARY OF COPPENAME RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result CR RANGES UP TO 3.0%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -55.64925, 4.55135
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • 49 EMPIRE AUGER HOLES (1971).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMISSION 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 AREA OF 5 SQ KM . FOUND A NICKEL-RICH LAYER 1-5 M THICK AT DEPTHS OF 5-18 M WITH NI CONTENT 0.77-2.06% IN LATERITE WITHIN AREA OF 1 KM SQUARE WITH AEROMAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC ANOMALY.

Reporter information

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

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