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White 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060982
MRDS ID TC32110
Record type Site
Current site name White Creek
Alternate or previous names Groete Creek Goldfield, Includes Lewis', Stevens', and Bascom's Workings.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -58.70403, 6.60874 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Comments on the location information

  • W. OF ESSEQUIBO RIVER, TRIBUTARY OF GROETE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -58.70403, 6.60874
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 1609.3M
    Width 152.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895

Mining district

District name Groete Creek-Aremu-Peters Mine Division

Comments on the production information

  • GRADE IN 1896 VARIED BETWEEN 0.0167-0.0357 OZ/CY AU

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY MINED OUT BASED ON MACDONALD'S (1968) DESCRIPTION; MINOR ACTIVITY IN EARLY 1960'S. LEWIS WORKINGS IN 1936 0.0366 TO 0.260 OZ AU/CY; NEAR FALLS CREEK 0.0057 TO 0.0143 OZ AU/CY; STEVENS' WORKINGS IN 1936 RAN 0.0143 TO 0.0257 OZ AU/CY; BASCOM'S RAN 0.0171 OZ/CY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACDONALD, J.R., 1968, A GUIDE TO MINERAL EXPLORATION IN GUYANA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GUYANA, BULLETIN 38, P. 11.

  • Deposit

    CANNON, R.T., 1962, GEORGETOWN NW, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH 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

  • Production

    BRYN DAVIES (1938)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONLY UPPER 6 MILES OF CREEK PRODUCED; ONLY WIDE ALLUVIUM IS AT PULLANBEDAM MOUNTAIN; PROBABLY DERIVED LOCALLY FROM AU-QUARTZ VEINS, LENGTH AND WIDTH DESCRIBE FLATS BELOW PULLANDEDAM MOUNTAIN.

Reporter information

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

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