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Enachu 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061711
MRDS ID TC34653
Record type Site
Current site name Enachu River
Alternate or previous names Easter Hills

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -60.03684, 6.2282 (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

  • ENACHU RIVER IS SOUTH FLOWING TRIBUTARY OF MAZARUNI RIVER WHOSE MOUTH IS EAST OF TUMERENG LANDING.

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) -60.03684, 6.2282
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • GRADE PROBABLY TOO HIGH.

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

    WEBBER (1952)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OVERBURDEN OVER 10 FT.

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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