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St. Mary's Quarry

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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023346
MRDS ID I000221
Record type Site
Current site name St. Mary's Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -58.2993, 6.25126 (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

  • QUARRY IS ON THE ESSEQUIBO RIVER AND IS 74 MILES FROM GEORGETOWN AND 14 MILES UPRIVER FROM BARTICA.

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) -58.2993, 6.25126
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • LIMITED PRODUCTION SINCE 1970 DUE TO NONAVAILABILITY OF BARGES TO TRANSPORT MATERIAL. ; ECON.COM: EEC IS FUNDING REHABILITATION OF THE QUARRY (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

Reporter information

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

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