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Pete Creek

Occurrence in Suriname 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063978
MRDS ID TC38114
Record type Site
Current site name Pete Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -55.61591, 4.93465 (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
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) -55.61591, 4.93465
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 49 PITS WITH MEAN GRADE OF UP TO 0.056 G/CU M.

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 0.4 M THICK LAYER WITH OVERBURDEN UP TO 1.2 M THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1993 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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