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Mizpah 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. 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 10060999
MRDS ID TC32127
Record type Site
Current site name Mizpah Creek
Alternate or previous names Black Creek, Groete Creek Goldfield

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -58.72098, 6.6343 (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) -58.72098, 6.6343
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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 Groete Creek-Aremu-Peters Mine Division

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 0.10 TO 0.20 OZ/DAY IN 1936 BY FOUR MEN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

    BRYN DAVIES (1938)

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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