Gurupi River Placer

Occurrence in Maranhao, Brazil with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066549
MRDS ID TC42782
Record type Site
Current site name Gurupi River Placer
Alternate or previous names Cavala River Tributary

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -45.28744, -5.0858 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maranhao(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Maranhao

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -45.28744, -5.0858

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Docego

Comments on the production information

  • NOT MINED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SIZE CONSISTS OF ESTIMATED RESERVES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 1984C.

  • Deposit

    ORRIS, G.J. AND BLISS, J.D., 1985, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE VOLUME DATA ON 330 GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-213, 172 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ORRIS AND BLISS, 1985.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE GURUPI RIVER IS A TRIBUTARY OF THE CAVALA RIVER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1985 Orris, Greta J. (Bliss, James D.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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