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Maple Creek

Past Producer in Guyana with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061946
MRDS ID TC34939
Record type Site
Current site name Maple Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -59.42377, 7.09871 (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

  • TRIBUTARY OF WAINI RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -59.42377, 7.09871
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.76M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Northwest District Division

Comments on the production information

  • BEING WORKED IN 1937 BY 3 PARTIES OF MEN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DAVIES, D.A.B., 1938, REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE UPPER WAINI RIVER, NORTHWEST DISTRICT, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA BULLETIN NO. 15, 21 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    DAVIES (1938).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OVERBURDEN 1 FT.

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.

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