The Mineral and Petroleum Deposits of Suriname and the Golden Lane: a Metallogenic Stratigraphy
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: GLIAG essay, Metallogeny & Petroleum Geology of Suriname, Version 1.0 (8 November 2026). Suriname holds about 20 million ounces of gold in its two large mines (9.6 Moz in reserve), more than 500 Mt of unmined plateau bauxite, about 1 billion barrels of heavy oil in place onshore, and an offshore discovery inventory that Wood Mackenzie puts at more than 2.4 billion barrels of liquids and 12.5 Tcf of gas. This essay lists the deposits, names their host formations, gives the published numbers and places them in one metallogenic stratigraphic column, from the Paleoproterozoic Paramaka and Armina formations to the Late Cretaceous turbidite fans of the Golden Lane. Contents: orogenic gold of the Marowijne Greenstone Belt (Rosebel, Merian, Overman, small-scale mining) with Guyana counterparts (Oko West, Aurora); Bakhuis and Act IV metals; Roraima, Avanavero and the Muri Nb–REE target; coastal and plateau bauxite and kaolin with production history; the Guyana–Suriname Basin petroleum system (Caledonia/Canje source, Paleocene T-sands of Tambaredjo, Campanian–Maastrichtian fans of Stabroek, GranMorgu and Block 52); Cenozoic industrial minerals; five metallogenic rules; four tables, three figures and a FACT · MISSING · GLIAG JUDGEMENT · TRIGGER evidence register. Reserve, resource and in-place classes (CRIRSCO, SPE-PRMS) are kept separate and dated. Quantitative companion to GLIAG-ESS-2026-SUR-GEO-02 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.24045211). Literature-based compilation for education and research; not a resource assessment or investment advice. Location: Zoetermeer & Paramaribo. Cover artwork is proprietary GLIAG artwork excluded from the CC licence. Text-and-data mining reserved under Art. 4(3) Directive (EU) 2019/790 and Art. 15o Dutch Auteurswet.
Author: Chin-A-Lien, Marcel P.T.
Language: English
Subfield: Geochemistry and Petrology
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7225578677