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GISEMENT BAUXITE [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bauxite Mining
CONT

Bauxite deposits are usually large deposits worked in open pits. The largest deposit is that of Sangaredi in Guinea where there is at least 180 Mt forming a plateau up to 30 m thick and averaging 60% alumina. ... Classification of bauxite deposits: ... Surface blanket deposits; ... interlayered beds or lenses in stratigraphic sequences; ... pocket deposits in limestones, clays or igneous rocks; ... detrital bauxites....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines de bauxite
CONT

La genèse d'un gisement de bauxite peut tout d'abord se faire [...] par enrichissement relatif en alumine ou, si on préfère, par lessivage différentiel du fer de cuirasses latéritiques anciennes [...] Bien entendu, d'anciennes cuirasses évoluées, attaquées par l'érosion, peuvent être transportées sous forme de conglomérats et de graviers avant d'être redéposées plus loin, en un gîte de bauxite de remaniement [...]

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