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Akaiwong

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056762
MRDS ID TC00872
Record type Site
Current site name Akaiwong
Related records 10061718

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -59.54989, 6.63291 (WGS84)
Relative position 100 MILES WEST OF GEORGETOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Comments on the location information

  • PICKED BEND IN AKAIWONG RIVER FOR CONCESSION LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Mazaruni Group;
    Rock description Mazaruni Group;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -59.54989, 6.63291
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SULFIDE-BEARING DIORITE NOT EXPOSED AT SURFACE, BUT ARE QUARTZ VEINS IN SAPROLITE - BED ROCK MAZARUNI GROUP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1957
Discoverer Porkknocker

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Homestake Mining Co./South American Goldfields
    First year 1987
    Last year 1990

Comments on the production information

  • FROM SKIMMING AND SLUICING UPPER PORTIONS OF SAPROLITE - MOST GOLD COARSE TO RICE-GRAIN SIZE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SAPROLITE UP TO 32 M AT 0.12 OZ. ST

Comments on development

  • SOIL GOLD ANOMALY 600 X 2000 M, 1990, ACTIVE DRILLING - PORKKNOCKER FOUND 164 OZ NUGGET IN 1957.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARNARD, F., 1990, GOLD RUSH ARRIVES IN GUIANA SHIELD: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 191, N. 8, P. , P. 57-63

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    BARNARD, (1990).

  • Reserve-Resource

    BARNARD (1990).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1991 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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