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de minerales de inters Otros yacimientos de placer
econmico Geologa de Yac. Minerales, S. Rosas
YACIMIENTOS RESIDUALES
(RESIDUAL DEPOSITS")
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"Glossary of Geology"
(Bates & Jackson, 1987): LATERITA
"An older term for a
highly weathered red
subsoil or material rich in
secondary oxides of iron,
aluminium, or both, nearly
devoid of bases and
primary silicates, and
commonly with quartz
and kaolinite. It develops
in a tropical or forested
warm to temperate clima,
and is a residual product
of weathering. Laterite is
capable of hardening after
a treatment of wetting and
drying, and can be cut Cutting of a laterite brick. Angadipuram, Kerala, India.
Pile of laterite 'bricks', waiting to be used at a building site near Palayangadi, Kerala, India.
and used for bricks; http://mindepos.bg.tu-berlin.de/eurolat/lateri/b10.htm
hence its etimology:
Latin, latericius, "brick"." (En Fontbot 2006)
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PROCESOS IMPORTANTES EN LA
ALTERACIN SUPERFICIAL
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PRINCIPIOS GEOQUMICOS DE LA ALTERACIN
SUPERFICIAL
Dentro de la alteracin superficial, la secuencia de
estabilidad de los minerales componentes de las rocas
gneas es antittico con relacin a la serie de reaccin de
Bowen.
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(Guilbert & Park 1986, en Fontbot 1994)
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ALGUNAS REACCIONES IMPORTANTES EN LOS
PROCESOS DE ALTERACIN SUPERFICIAL CON
PUESTA EN SOLUCIN DE CATIONES DE Mg Y K:
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The solubility
of silica (SiO2)
and alumina
(Al2O3) as a
function of pH
(The Open
University
1974, en
Fontbot 1995)
(Guilbert &
Park 1986)
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(Edwards & Atkinson 1986)
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Corte esquemtico de un bolsn de bauxita de la regin de Bdarieux. 1.
Areniscas y conglomerados del Eoceno inferior. 2. Bauxita blanca. 3.
Bauxita roja (refractaria). 4. Bauxita menos refractaria en escasos lentes.
5. Caliza dolomtica del Jursico medio (Routhier 1963, en Fontbot 1995)
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Bauxite Production 2001
(in 1000 t)
Production Reserves Reserve base
Australia 55,000 4,400,000 8,700,000
Brazil 13,200 1,800,000 2,900,000
China 10,000 700,000 2,300,000
Guinea 16,000 7,400,000 8,600,000
Guyana 1,500 700,000 900,000
India 9,000 770,000 1,400,000
Jamaica 13,000 2,000,000 2,500,000
Russia 3,700 200,000 250,000
Suriname 4,500 580,000 600,000
Venezuela 5,000 320,000 350,000
Other countries 10,400 3,600,000 4,700,000
World total 141,000 22,000,000 33,000,000
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LATERITAS NIQUELFERAS
garnierita (Ni,Mg)3SiO2O5(OH)4
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(Guilbert & Park 1986)
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YACIMIENTOS RESIDUALES DE Fe
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