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Whitewater Creek - Apiqua Falls

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061664
MRDS ID TC34596
Record type Site
Current site name Whitewater Creek - Apiqua Falls
Alternate or previous names Apiqua Landing

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -60.37129, 6.35903 (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

  • NE TRIBUTARY OF MAZARUNI RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diamond Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ABOVE APIQUA FALLS; DIAMONDS ARE COARSE 1-3 CARAT STONES COMMON, LARGEST 13 1/4 CARATS.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -60.37129, 6.35903
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Issineru Division

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IN ONE WEEK BY DIVING IN MAZARUNI RIVER ABOVE APIAQUA FALLS WHERE GRAVELS WERE PONDED BEHIND DIABASE DYKES.

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

  • Production

    POLLARD ET AL (1957)

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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