Miragoane Bauxite Operations

Unknown in Haiti with commodity Aluminum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304399
MAS/MILS ID 2450250001
Record type Site
Current site name Miragoane Bauxite Operations

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -73.18293, 18.40067 (WGS84)
Elevation 910
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Haiti(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Haiti

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Boehmite Unknown
Gibbsite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -73.18293, 18.40067

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 7.5M
    Length 7200M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 LATERITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 MANTLELIKE
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830615

Comments on the geologic information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ALSO INCLUDE CLAYS AND AN UNIDENTIFIED PHOSPHATE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rochelois Plat

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Reynolds Haitian Mines, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Year 1981

Production statistics

  • Year 1965
    Description 382599 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 382599mt
  • Year 1966
    Description 361429 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 361429mt
  • Year 1967
    Description 375799 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 375799mt
  • Year 1968
    Description 477400 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 477400mt
  • Year 1969
    Description 776000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 776000mt
  • Year 1970
    Description 656799 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 656799mt
  • Year 1971
    Description 764000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 764000mt
  • Year 1972
    Description 783000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 783000mt
  • Year 1973
    Description 743000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 743000mt
  • Year 1974
    Description 659000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 659000mt
  • Year 1975
    Description 522000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 522000mt
  • Year 1976
    Description 660000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 660000mt
  • Year 1977
    Description 685000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 685000mt
  • Year 1978
    Description 639000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 639000mt
  • Year 1979
    Description 560000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 560000mt

Comments on the production information

  • AL

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • EIGHT DEPOSITS ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE AREA: CHASSEREAU, ST. CROIX, ST. CROIX EXTENSION, CRESENT, DESMARELS, BEQUIN, MORRETTE, AND PASCAL/CART

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Capacity 2346
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 6.72
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MATERIALS SURVEY,BAUXITE.1953.U.S.BU MINES,DEPT.OF INTERIOR,

  • Deposit

    III,P.13.

  • Deposit

    PATTERSON,S.G.;WORLD BAUXITE RESERVES AND ALUMINUM RESOURCES

  • Deposit

    ALUMINUM CONDUCTOR DEVELOPMENT CORP. ,1973,SURVEY OF PLANNE

  • Deposit

    INCREASES IN WORLD BAUXITE,ALUMINA&ALUMINUM CAPACITIES.

  • Deposit

    BUTTERFIELD, A.G. AND TEMPS, R.C.,1968, REYNOLDS SOLVES

  • Deposit

    DOWNHILL HAUL PROBLEMS IN HAITI, MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL,

  • Deposit

    JUNE, P. 81-83.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, NOV. 1977, P.138-140.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1957, VOL. 158, NO.9,

  • Deposit

    P.92-96, SEPTEMBER.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1948, VOL. 149, NO. 6,

  • Deposit

    P.78-83, JUNE.

  • Deposit

    GOLDICH, S.S., AND BERGQUIST, H.R., 1948, ALUMINOUS

  • Deposit

    LATERITIC SOIL OF THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI, W.I., UNITED

  • Deposit

    STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 954C P.63-112 WITH 2

  • Deposit

    PLATES.

  • Deposit

    JAMAICA BAUXITE INSTITUTE, COUNTRY PROFILE ON THE BAUXITE

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRY IN HAITI, MAY 1981

  • Deposit

    MINERAL TRADE NOTES, VOL. 63, NO. 2, AUGUST 1966.

  • Deposit

    VOLTAIRE K., AND L. DELATOUR, PROSPECTS AND POTENTIAL FOR

  • Deposit

    MINERAL DEVELOPMENT IN HAITI, MINING ENGINEERS, MARCH

  • Deposit

    1979,P. 277-279.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-SEP-96 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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