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Rumong-Rumong Drainage Basin

Occurrence in Guyana with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061948
MRDS ID TC34941
Record type Site
Current site name Rumong-Rumong Drainage Basin

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -59.76072, 6.00571 (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 MAZARUNI RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
Tantalum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Columbite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -59.76072, 6.00571
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Potaro Division

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kennemetals International S. A.
    Last year 1953
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kennametals International S. A.
    First year 1952
    Last year 1953

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FOUR MEN EXCAVATED AND PANNED ABOUT 3,500 LBS (1 CU YD) OF GRAVEL PER DAY RECOVERING 4.5 LBS OF COLUMBITE.

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION OF 75,000 ACRES, COMPANY ABANDONED AREA IN 1953.

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, P. 43

  • 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

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