Mara-Mara River Mouth Vein #1

Occurrence in Guyana with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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 10061044
MRDS ID TC32172
Record type Site
Current site name Mara-Mara River Mouth Vein #1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -59.31321, 6.30569 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Comments on the location information

  • 1000 FT FROM MOUTH OF MARA-MARA RIVER, 50 FT FROM HOPE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Cuyuni Formation;Mazaruni Group
    Rock description Cuyuni Formation;Mazaruni Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -59.31321, 6.30569

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 365.76M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Groete Creek-Aremu-Peters Mine Division

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACDONALD, J.R., 1968, A GUIDE TO MINERAL EXPLORATION IN GUYANA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GUYANA, BULLETIN 38, P. 19.

  • Deposit

    ALLDERIDGE, M.G., 1962, PURUNI SE: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA, SCALE 1:200000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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