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Lower Sagenang Creek

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 10061662
MRDS ID TC34593
Record type Site
Current site name Lower Sagenang Creek
Alternate or previous names Includes Faith Creek, Lewis Farm, Daly's Farm

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -60.30629, 6.18459 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH BANK OF KURUPUNG RIVER, ARTIFICIAL BLOCK OF WEBBER (1952).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diamond Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DIAMONDS RANGE IN SIZE FROM 1/5 TO 1/6 OF A CARAT.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -60.30629, 6.18459
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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

Mining district

District name Kurupung Diamond Fields

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEBBER, B.N., 1952, RECONAISSANCE REPORT ON KURUPUNG DIAMOND FIELD, MAZARUI 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, 45P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    WEBBER (1952)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE THICKNESS OF 2.5 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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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