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Sagenang Creek Right Bank of Kurupung River

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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  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 10061645
MRDS ID TC34573
Record type Site
Current site name Sagenang Creek Right Bank of Kurupung River
Alternate or previous names Includes Unnamed Creeks From Makreba Falls On South Bank of Kurupung, East Past Wainong Creek, Alfred and Adams Workings Past Hamaragua Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -60.32629, 6.15932 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 31 KM W. OF TUMERENG LANDING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Comments on the location information

  • ARTIFICIAL BLOCK OF ALLUVIALS DESIGNED BY WEBBER (1952) ON SOUTH SIDE OF KURUPUNG RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diamond Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -60.32629, 6.15932
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.76M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1919

Mining district

District name Kurupung Diamond Field

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATE OF GRAVEL VOLUME WITH NO GRADE CONTROL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEBBER, B.N., 19952, RECONAISSANCE REPORT ON THE KURUPUNG DIAMOND FIELD, MAZARUNI DISTRICT, BRITISH GUIANA, CHAPTER 2; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA BULLETIN NO. 23, P. 49-68.

  • Deposit

    POLLARD, E.R., DIXON, C.G., AND DUJARDIN, R.A., 1957, DIAMOND RESOURCES OF BRITISH GUIANA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA BULLETIN, NO. 28, 45 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    WEBBER (1952).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OVERBURDEN NOT LESS THAN 10 FT AND NO MORE THAN 20 FT, 2.5 THICKNESS IS AN ESTIMATED AVERAGE USED IN VOLUME CALCULATIONS.

Reporter information

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

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