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Itabu

Past Producer in Potaro-Siparuni, Guyana with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102203
MRDS ID I000219
Record type Site
Current site name Itabu

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -58.28263, 6.41792 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Potaro-Siparuni(province)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Guyana Potaro-Siparuni

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION ESTIMATED FROM REPORT THAT DEPOSIT IS 67 MILES FROM GEORGETOWN AND IS ON THE MAZARUNI RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -58.28263, 6.41792
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Guyana National Service

Comments on development

  • QUARRY HAS NOT PRODUCED MUCH AGGREGATE SINCE ABOUT 1970, DUE TO LACK OF BARGES TO TRANSPORT MATERIAL TO PORT. ; ECON.COM: EEC HAS LOANED MONEY TO REHABILITATE THE AGGREGATE INDUSTRY IN GUYANA (1989).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUSSELL, ALISON, 1989, GUYANA'S INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--GOLD TO SPUR INVESTMENT?: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 260, P. 61-67

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    RUSSELL, 1989.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-90 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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