Bucket Creek

Past Producer 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061119
MRDS ID TC32261
Record type Site
Current site name Bucket Creek
Alternate or previous names Prosperity Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -59.06738, 5.16993 (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 KONAWARUK RIVER

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) -59.06738, 5.16993

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Potaro Division

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACDONALD, J.R., 1968, A GUIDE TO MINERAL EXPLORATION IN GUYANA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GUYANA, BULLETIN 38, 91 P.

  • Deposit

    BRACEWELL, S., 1936, GEOLOGY AND GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE KONAWARUK: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA, BULLETIN NO. 4.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OLD WORKINGS EXTENDED INTO THICK LATERITE DEPOSIT; GOLD IN CREEK APPEARS TO BE DERIVED FROM LATERITE IN PART

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.