| Deposit ID | 10105161 |
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| MRDS ID | TC32312 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Peters Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Peters Vein, Sutherland Vein, North Vein, South Vein, Karns Vein, Chase Vein |
| Geographic coordinates: | -59.35127, 6.25348 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Guyana(country)
South America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country |
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| Guyana |
| Commodity | Importance |
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| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
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| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Ankerite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 0.90 TO 1.40 OZ/TON AU OVER 5-6 FT |
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| Result | 1.25 TO 1.65 OZ/TON AU OVER 12 FT |
| Result | 15 FT OF 2.45 OZ/TON AU |
| Result | 9 FT OF 5.95 OZ/TON AU. |
| Model code | 273 |
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| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
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| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||
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| Host or associated | Host |
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| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| Rock unit name | Mazaruni Group;Cuyuni Formation |
| Rock description | Mazaruni Group;Cuyuni Formation |
| (1) | -59.35127, 6.25348 |
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| Strike | N-S |
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| Dip | 70W |
| Length | 91.44M |
| Width | 60.96M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
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| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1904 |
| District name | Groete Creek-Aremu-Peters Mine Division |
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| Type | Operator |
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| Owner | Bg Gold Concessions Co. Ltd. |
| Year | 1909 | ||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1904-09 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.79 Oz/Ton | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1909 | ||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1904-09 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | AU | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^1.0 Oz/Ton | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1909 | ||||||||||||||
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| Material | AU | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^0.07 Oz/Ton | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | TC32312 |
ALLDERIDGE, M.G., 1962, PURUNI SE: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA, SCALE 1:200000.
MACDONALD, J.R., 1968, A GUIDE TO MINERAL EXPLORATION IN GUYANA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GUYANA, BULLETIN 38, PP19-24.
CIMRI
MACDONALD (1968); WEISSENBORN (1966)
WEISSENBORN (1966)
| Subject category | Comment text |
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| Deposit | KARNES AND PETER'S VEIN APPEAR TO BE THE SAME VEIN; OPEN PIT HAS INTERLACING AND BRANCHING VEINS WITH MINERALIZED ZONE TRENDING SLIGHTLY E OF N AND DIP 70W; LOCAL E-W FAULTING DISRUPTS THE VEIN; PRINCIPAL VEINS TREND N60-70W, DIPPING W, SOME SHALLOW SOME DIP SE; THICKNESS OF VEINS FROM FRACTIONS OF INCH TO 15 FT, COMMONLY 4-5 FT. MAXIMUM AREA OF DEPOSIT IS 6000 FT SQUARE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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| Reporter | 01-JUL-1992 | Page, Norman J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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