Eagle Mountain Molybdenum Prospect

Past Producer in Guyana with commodities Gold, Molybdenum, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  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. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061130
MRDS ID TC32275
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Mountain Molybdenum Prospect
Alternate or previous names Elephant Creek Veins, Dickman's Hill Occurrence, Minnehaha Creek Occurrence, Baboon No. 1 Cross-Cut, No. 1 Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -59.11376, 5.22131 (WGS84)
Relative position 125 MILES BY AIR S31W OF GEORGETOWN, ABOUT 10 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF GARRAWAY STREAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization.

Analytical data

Result UP TO 0.39 OZ/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -59.11376, 5.22131

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip STEEP

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 Anaconda Mining Co.
    First year 1948

Production statistics

  • Year 1914
    Period 1912-14
    Material AU(1)
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.05-2.1 Oz/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 44g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • AU(1) GRADES AS HIGH AS 15.25 OZ/TON ALL FROM VEIN ON NO. 1 HILL; AU(2) TOTAL OUTPUT OF EAGLE MOUNTAIN

Comments on development

  • IN 1948, ACM DID 19441 FT OF DRILLING AND 2165 FT OF TUNNELS (24). IN 1964, GSBG DID GEOCHEMICAL SURVEYS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACDONALD, J.R., 1968, A GUIDE TO MINERAL EXPLORATION IN GUYANA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GUYANA, BULLETIN 38, P. 46-49.

  • Deposit

    BATESON, J.H., AND BARRON, C.N., 1961, POTARO SE: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA, SCALE 1:200000.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    WILLIAMS (1936)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERIES OF QUARTZ VEINS PARALLEL TO MINNEHAHA STRUCTURE (MYLONITE ZONE) IN GRANITE AND VOLCANIC ROCKS; MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN QUARTZ VEINS, PORPHYRIES, QUARTZ STRINGERS IN PORPHYRIES. CASSITERITE AND NATIVE COPPER REPORTED IN ALLUVIUM OF TURTLE CREEK.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

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