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Hoit Creek

Past Producer in Guyana 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 10105157
MRDS ID TC32272
Record type Site
Current site name Hoit Creek
Alternate or previous names Amatuk Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -59.29711, 5.31381 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diamond Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -59.29711, 5.31381
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Potaro Division

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BY 1957, ALLUVIALS ALMOST COMPLETELY WORKED OUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SEAL, R.G., 1952, APPENDIX V, REPORT ON A PORTION OF THE POTARO DIAMOND FIELD IN REPORT OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1951: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA, P. 67-82.

  • Deposit

    POLLARD, E.R., DIXON, C.G., AND DUJARDIN, R.A., 1957, DIAMOND RESOURCES OF BRITISH GUIANA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA BULLETIN NO. 28, P. 37.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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