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Lada Soela

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096048
MRDS ID TC38133
Record type Site
Current site name Lada Soela

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -55.73258, 2.85144 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Suriname(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Suriname

Comments on the location information

  • 10 KM E. OF LADA SOELA, E. SIDE OF UPPER TAPPANAHONY RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Braunite Ore
Lithiophorite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Spessartite Ore
Goethite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE VARIES FROM 10-60% MN.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -55.73258, 2.85144
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ASSOCIATED WITH METASEDIMENTS, AMPHIBOLITES, AND ACID METAVOLCANICS (8 KM LONG ZONE) SURROUNDED BY GRANITES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1969
    Total resources 500000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 40 wt-pct Manganese Major 1969

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE CONSISTS OF 330,000 TONNES OF MANTLE ORE, 250 M LONG, 6.9 M THICK AND 160,000 TONNES, FLOAT OR IN UPPER 3 M OF SOIL.

Comments on development

  • 108 DIAMOND DRILL HOLES (1966-1969).

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    BOSMA ET AL (1972 (?)).

Reporter information

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

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