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Whitewater Creek and Farm Creek

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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060981
MRDS ID TC32109
Record type Site
Current site name Whitewater Creek and Farm Creek
Alternate or previous names Mariwa Goldfield

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -58.83431, 6.58013 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Comments on the location information

  • TRIBUTARY OF MARIWU CREEK; FARM CREEK IS A TRIBUTARY OF WHITE WATER CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD COARSE IN TERRACE AT INTERSECTION OF WHITEWATER AND FARM CREEK

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) -58.83431, 6.58013
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 1609.3M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Groete Creek-Aremu-Peters Mine Division

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADE ESTIMATED, RESERVES FROM WHITE WATER CREEK; FARM CREEK MINED OUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACDONALD, J.R., 1968, A GUIDE TO MINERAL EXPLORATION IN GUYANA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GUYANA, BULLETIN 38, P. 13-14.

  • Deposit

    CANNON, R.T., 1962, GEORGETOWN NW: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BTITISH GUIANA, SCALE 1:200000.

  • Deposit

    BRYN DAVIES, D.A., 1938, REPORT ON GROETE CREEK AND MARIWA GOLDFIELDS OF THE LOWER ESSEQUIBO AND LOWER CUYUNI RIVERS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA, BULLETIN NO. 6, P. 17.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    MACDONALD (1968)

Reporter information

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

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

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