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Five Star

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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056764
MRDS ID TC00874
Record type Site
Current site name Five Star
Alternate or previous names Five Stars

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -60.37352, 7.60258 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 135 MILES NW 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

  • ON BARIMA RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -60.37352, 7.60258
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Denison/South America Goldfields In 1990

Comments on the production information

  • LARGEST NUGGET FROM IN OR NEAR ELUVIAL WORKINGS 333 OZ FOUND ABOUT 1900.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARNARD, F., 1990, GOLD RUSH ARRIVES IN GUYANA SHIELD: ENGINEERING AND MINING GEOLOGY, V. 191, NO. 8, P. 57-63

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1991 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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