Bartica - Potaro Road Quarry 3

Producer in Guyana with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061931
MRDS ID TC34919
Record type Site
Current site name Bartica - Potaro Road Quarry 3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -58.64487, 6.23682 (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

  • 16.3 MI FROM BARTICA ON W SIDE OF ROAD, 280 YDS FROM ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) -58.64487, 6.23682

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GOOD ROAD METAL.

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).

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.