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Mindrinetti Creek

Occurrence in Suriname with commodity Diamond
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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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063975
MRDS ID TC38110
Record type Site
Current site name Mindrinetti Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -55.1659, 5.16798 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Suriname(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Suriname

Comments on the location information

  • TRIBUTARY OF SARAMACCA RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diamond Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ABOUT 50% GEM QUALITY, 20% INDUSTRIAL

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -55.1659, 5.16798
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOURCE PERHAPS FROM COSEWIJNE FM OF MIOCENE AGE AS REWORKED MATERIALS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rosebel-Saban Passie Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IN 1954, 160 DIAMONDS WEIGHING 9813 MG (LARGEST 354 MG); (MAXIMUM RECOVERY 26 MG/ CU M WERE RECOVERED DURING EXPLORATION IN ROSEBEL-SABAN PASSIE AREA; 1967-1969, 70 DIAMONDS WEIGHING 2052 MG (LARGEST 161 MG), MAXIMUM RECOVERY 34 MG/ CU M.

Comments on development

  • 55 BANKA DRILL HOLES MADE IN LOWER MINDRINETTI VALLEY PLUS PITS TO EVALUATE POTENTIAL IN 1950-1970.

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.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

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