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Middle Konawak River

Past Producer in Guyana with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061105
MRDS ID TC32244
Record type Site
Current site name Middle Konawak River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -59.11293, 5.30187 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN UPPER FALLS AND KONAWAK FALLS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD FINE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -59.11293, 5.30187
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 4827.9M
    Width 45.72M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Potaro Division

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, G.J., 1936, THE GEOLOGY AND GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE POTARO: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GUIANA, BULLETIN NO. 3

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    WILLIAMS (1936)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1992 Page, Norman 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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