Potaro District

Producer in Guyana with commodities Gold, Diamond, Palladium
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. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000961
MRDS ID M046523
Record type District
Current site name Potaro District
Alternate or previous names Maple Creek, Kaieteur, Waratuk Falls, Babyhill, Little Uewang River, Pepper Creek, Stillwater Mining Co., Kobano Creek, Ohio Creek, Ukaraik Creek, Hoit Creek, Iabaratuik, Surprise Creek, Ilu

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -58.99931, 5.34741 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Diamond Primary
Palladium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -58.99931, 5.34741

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Discovery year 1884
Discoverer Rhodius

Mining district

District name POTARO DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRACEWELL, 1928, MINING MAG., V. 38, P. 267 - 276

Beyond USGS

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