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Mahdia Flood Level Flats

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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061090
MRDS ID TC32227
Record type Site
Current site name Mahdia Flood Level Flats
Alternate or previous names Lower Mahdia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -59.21376, 5.31742 (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 > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -59.21376, 5.31742
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.63M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Potaro Division

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Eagle Mountain Holding Co.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SOME DRILL HOLES AVERAGED 0.0102 OZ/CY AU

Comments on development

  • DRILLED AND EVALUATED FOR DREDGING EARLY 1930'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, G.J., 1936, THE GEOLOGY AND GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE POTARO: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GUIANA, BULLETIN NO. 3

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    WILLIAMS (1936)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DREDGABLE GROUND; 15.2 FT CONSISTS OF 63% OVERBURDEN, 28% SAND, AND 9% GRAVEL; AREA 420 ACRES

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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