Aranka

Occurrence in Guyana with commodities Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060910
MRDS ID TC32001
Record type Site
Current site name Aranka
Alternate or previous names Aurora Division

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -59.6185, 6.87178 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Comments on the location information

  • ON ARANCA RIVER TRIBUTARY OF CUYUNI RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -59.6185, 6.87178

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Thickness 18.29M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 91.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Aurora

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1969
    Total resources 1088000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.54 wt-pct Copper Major 1969
    Gold Au 0.282 g/mt Gold Major 1969

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACDONALD, J.R., 1968, A GUIDE TO MINERAL EXPLORATION IN GUYANA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GUYANA, BULLETIN 38, P. 31.

  • Deposit

    ANON, 1969, A FURTHER GUIDE TO MINERAL EXPLORATION IN GUYANA, SUPPLEMENT TO BULLETIN 38, P. 18.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    SUPPLEMENT TO BULLETIN 38

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIZES FOR MINERALIZED ZONE DETERMINED BY DRILLING. THICKNESS VARIED FROM 14-60 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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