Sara Kreek

Producer in Suriname with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063972
MRDS ID TC38106
Record type Site
Current site name Sara Kreek
Alternate or previous names East of Sara Creek, Toko Toko Grid, Kaka Grid, Anomalies: Breakfast, Parbo, Parrot

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -54.69923, 4.40135 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Suriname(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Suriname

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) -54.69923, 4.40135

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name BREAKFAST ANOMALY
    Dip }}}
    Length 1600M
    Width 800M
  • Name PARROT ANOMALY
    Dip }}}
    Length 1400M
    Width 1200M
  • Name PARBO ANOMALY
    Dip }}}
    Length 250M
    Width 100M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Canarc Resources
    First year 1994

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED PAST PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMISSION FOR THE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE WORLD, 1983, METALLOGENIC MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA, SCALE 1:5,000,000.

  • Deposit

    BOSMA, W. HO LEN FAT, A.G., AND WELTER, C.C., 1972 (?), MINERALS AND MINING IN SURINAME: SEPARATA DE LA MEMORIA DE IX CONFERENCIA INTER-GUAYANAS. BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA: PUBLICACION ESPECIAL NO. 6 CARACAS, VENEZUELA, P. 493-526.

  • Deposit

    ANON., 1994, CANARC OUTLINES GOLD ANOMALIES IN SURINAME: THE NORTHERN MINER, V. 80, NO. 36.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ANON. (1994)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODY 1: AREA OPEN TO N AND E CONTAINS UP TO 8.2 G/MT AU. ORE BODY 2: OPEN TO E UP TO 1.99 G/MT AU AREA CONTAINS PREVIOUS ALLUVIAL WORKINGS AND 3 ADITS. ORE BODY 3: OPEN IN ALL DIRECTIONS UP 3.81 G/MT AU.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1995 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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