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Monkey Jump 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061938
MRDS ID TC34930
Record type Site
Current site name Monkey Jump Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -58.56931, 6.24543 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 74 MI FROM GEORGETOWN, 14 MI N OF BARTICA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Comments on the location information

  • W BANK OF ESSEQUIBO RIVER.

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) -58.56931, 6.24543
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 24.38M
    Length 1859.28M
    Width 243.84M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Messrs. Leandro And Fredriks (1950'S)

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE PRODUCTION IN 1955.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LARGEST AND BEST STONE AVAILABLE TO GEORGETOWN. STN (1) RESOURCE; STN (2) RESERVE OF LEANDRO AND FREDRIKS.

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).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FORMS RIDGE 7000 FT LONG WITH 900 FT GAP 2100 FT FROM SOUTHERN END; THICKNESS IS HEIGHT OF RIDGE; RIDGE PARALLELS RIVER.

Reporter information

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

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

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