| Deposit ID | 10063976 |
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| MRDS ID | TC38111 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gros Rosebel |
| Alternate or previous names | Rosebel Area Gross Rosebel, Includes Mayo, Savannah Mine, Royal Hill, Roma, Rosebell Koolhauen,, Pay Caro, East Pay Caro, and Several Other Areas, Headley's Reef Concession, Bens Stork Concession |
| Geographic coordinates: | -55.58257, 5.13464 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Suriname(country)
South America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country |
|---|
| Suriname |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Wolframite | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite |
| Rock unit name | Rosebel Formation;Amina Formation |
| Rock description | Rosebel Formation;Amina Formation |
| (1) | -55.58257, 5.13464 |
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| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Syncline With Low Angle Faults (Thrusts?) |
| Name | GENERAL |
|---|---|
| Dip | }} |
| Length | 1200M |
| Width | 110M |
| Name | PAY CARO ZONE |
|---|---|
| Dip | }} |
| Length | 500M |
| Width | 150M |
| Name | EAST PAY CARO ZONE |
|---|---|
| Dip | }} |
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1880 |
| Discoverer | Prospectors, Pork Knockers |
| Year of first production | 1880 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Golden Star Resources Ltd. |
| First year | 1992 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Placer Dome |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Grassalco |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Golden Star - Cambior |
| First year | 1995 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | TC38111 |
COMMISSION FOR THE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE WORLD, 1983 METALLOGENIC MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA, SCALE 1:5,000,000.
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.
PAGE, N.J, FIELD EXAMINATION, MAY 1993.
WERNICK, GEORGE, 1994, GOLDEN STAR IS NO STRONGER TO GUIANA SHIELD: THE NORTHERN MINER, SEPT. 26, 1994, P. C12.
ANON., 1995, WORK PROGRAM AT GROS ROSEBEL: THE NORTHERN MINER, V. 80, NO. 50, P. 13.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | OVERLAIN BY UP TO 60 M AU-BEARING LATERITIC SOIL, TAILINGS, AND DUMPS FROM PREVIOUS MINING EFFORTS. PHYLLITES REPRESENT METATUFFS AND METAVOLCANICS. QUARTZ VEINS ARE DISTINCTIVE. IN MAY, 1993, NO BOXWORKS OR CLOSELY SPACED VEINS OBSERVED. PAY CARO ZONE: LENGTH AND WIDTH OF GOLD SOIL ANOMALY; 19 REPORTED INTERSECTIONS; HIGHEST 4.62 G/MT AU OVER 6 M; LONGEST 1.26 G/MT AU OVER 120.4 M; MOST 1-2 G/MT AU OVER 2 TO 22 M. EAST PAY CARO ZONE: 12 HOLES WITH INTERSECTIONS OF 0.92 TO 3.28 G/MT AU OVER 4 TO 72 M. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1993 | Page, Norman J. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1994 | Page, Norman J. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 05-JUN-1995 | Page, Norman J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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