1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Pott Falls Gold Mine

Producer in Guyana with commodity Gold
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060954
MRDS ID TC32058
Record type Site
Current site name Pott Falls Gold Mine
Alternate or previous names Frenchman, Shaft, Hill, And East Creeks Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -58.77625, 4.98383 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Comments on the location information

  • 6 MILES FROM E. BANK OF ESSEQUIBO RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

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 Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -58.77625, 4.98383
ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pott Falls Gold Mines Ltd ; Adex Mining )
    First year 1946
    Last year 1947

Comments on the production information

  • FROM ALLUVIAL WORKINGS-NO VEIN PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • 120 FT SHAFT AND DRIFT, 5 DRILL HOLES TO DEPTHS OF 700 FT.

Comments on development

  • ADEX DOING AUGER AND DIAMOND DRILLING AND TRENCHING FOLLOWING GEOLOGIC MAPPING, GEOCHEMISTRY, AND GEOPHYSICS. SOIL SAMPLING SHOWED 3 ANOMALOUS AREAS, LARGEST OF WHICH IS 3 KM X 200-500 M; SECOND AREA CORRELATES WITH PAST POTTS FALL MINE AND THIRD WITH PORPHYRY-HOSTED STOCKWORK VEIN SYSTEM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACDONALD, J.R., 1968, A GUIDE TO MINERAL EXPLORATION IN GUYANA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GUYANA, BULLETIN 38, P. 60.

  • Deposit

    BARRON, C.N., 1978, KURUPUKARI NW: GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS AND MINES, GUYANA, SCALE; 1:200000.

  • Deposit

    ANON., 1994, ADVANCED WORK AT POTTS FALLS: THE NORTHERN MINER: SEPTEMBER 19, 1994, V. 80.; NO. 29, P. 3.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER WORKINGS ON CREEKS IN SYNONYM FIELD; VEIN EXPLORED IN 120 FT LEVEL WAS ALONG GRANITE PORPHYRY GREENSTONE CONTACT AND ONLY FEW INCHES WIDE. SECOND MODEL: LOW SULFIDE AU-QUARTZ VEIN (NUM 36A)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site