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Haute Sparaouine river, Apatou Commune, French Guiana

Ref.: Bull. Soc. Franç. Minéralo. Cristallo. , 1964, LXXXVII, p. 625-626.

Placer mineralization in the sediments of Haute Sparaouine and it's confluents.
The placer (EW-elongated, 4-5 km2), located 75 km south of Saint Laurent, is located on the north border of Carribeans batholith and of Paramaka series contact aureole (amphibolites, quartzites and schists).
The minerals present in the placer comes from pegmatite veins in the granite and nearby metamorphic rocks.

Mineral List

'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Almandine
Biotite
Cassiterite
'Chlorite Group'
Euxenite-(Y)
'Fergusonite'
Goethite
Gold
Hematite
Ilmenite
Kyanite
Magnesiohornblende
Magnetite
Microcline
Muscovite
Pyrochlore Group
Quartz
Rutile
Spinel
Staurolite
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
Xenotime-(Y)
Zircon


25 entries listed. 20 valid minerals.

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