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Issineru River

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061031
MRDS ID TC32159
Record type Site
Current site name Issineru River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -60.33046, 6.48486 (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. BANK OF RIVER N OF APAKUNI FALLS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diamond Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -60.33046, 6.48486
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 2092.09M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1895

Mining district

District name Issineru Division

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRYN DAVIES, D.A., 1941, GEOLOGY, GOLD, AND DIAMOND DEPOSITS OF THE AWARAPARI-ISSINERU-PUTA RENG AREA, UPPER MAZARUNI RIVER: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA, BULLETIN NO. 17

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890'S

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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