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Agatash Quarry

Producer in Guyana with commodity Stone
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061936
MRDS ID TC34927
Record type Site
Current site name Agatash Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -58.61153, 6.35403 (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

  • 64 MI FROM GEORGETOWN ON W BANK OF ESSEQUIBO RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CLEAVES AND CRUSHES TOO EASILY TO MAKE GOOD ROAD METAL OR CONCRETE AGGREGATE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -58.61153, 6.35403
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • VERY LITTLE WORKED, OLD QUARRY.

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

  • Production

    STOCKLEY (1955).

Reporter information

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

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