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Tenapu Creek and Tributaries

Past Producer in Guyana with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060922
MRDS ID TC32013
Record type Site
Current site name Tenapu Creek and Tributaries
Alternate or previous names Preserverence, Monosse, Tenapu Goldfield

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -59.91878, 7.58008 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -59.91878, 7.58008
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name North West District Division

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BEING WORKED IN 1938.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACDONALD, J.R., 1968, A GUIDE TO MINERAL EXPLORATION IN GUYANA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GUYANA, BULLETIN 38, P. 54

  • Deposit

    BRACEWELL, S., 1942, REPORT ON THE AREA BETWEEN ARAKAHA AND KOKERIT, NORTHWEST DISTRICT: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA, BULLETIN NO. 19, P. 32.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    BRACEWOOD (1942)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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