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Deer Creek

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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  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 10061033
MRDS ID TC32161
Record type Site
Current site name Deer Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -60.29768, 6.49514 (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 CHARITY CREEK, INCLUDES HEADWATERS AND NEXT SOUTH TRIBUTARY OF CHARITY CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diamond Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DIAMONDS AVERAGE 6 CARAT/STONE, COLORLESS OCTAHEDRA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diamond Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -60.29768, 6.49514
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Economic information

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

  • Production

    BRYN DAVIES (1941)

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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