Locust Landing Quarry

Occurrence in Guyana with commodity Stone
Sections on this page
  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 10061918
MRDS ID TC34901
Record type Site
Current site name Locust Landing Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -57.30039, 5.33352 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Comments on the location information

  • 95 MI BY RIVER UP COURANTYNE RIVER, NEAR ORELLA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -57.30039, 5.33352

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOCKLEY, G.M., 1955, THE GEOLOGY OF BRITISH GUIANA AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS MINERAL RESOURCES: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA BULLETIN NO. 25, 102 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    STOCKLEY (1955).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANOTHER PROSPECT IN GABBRO IS 12.5 MI W OF LOCUST LANDING CALLED ALAPALISO CREEK.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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