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Hicks Vein

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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060962
MRDS ID TC32066
Record type Site
Current site name Hicks Vein
Alternate or previous names Kaburi-Eldorado Property, Zones: Main, Hicks, Eldorado.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -59.04182, 5.60185 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Comments on the location information

  • 1.5 MILE SE OF ELDORADO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AU INTERSECTIONS: 3.3 FT OF 0.063 OZ/TON AT 440 FT VERTICAL DEPTH
Result 7.2 FT OF 0.037 OZ/TON AT 449 FT
Result 6.2 FT OF 0.14 OZ/TON AT 285 FT
Result 49.2 FT OF 0.066 OZ/TON AT 338 FT
Result 31.2 FT OF 0.10 OZ/TON AT 381 FT
Result 3.3 FT OF 0.030 AT 463 FT
Result 9.8 FT OF 0.65 OZ/TON AT 482 FT.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Mazaruni Group
    Rock description Mazaruni Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -59.04182, 5.60185
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M
    Length 304.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kaburi-Issano-Karanag Division

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cathedral Gold

Comments on the workings information

  • 1968 WORKING RECOVERING ELLUVIAL AU OVER VEIN STRUCTURE.

Comments on development

  • CATHEDRAL (UP TO 1994) DRILLED 19265 FT IN 25 HOLES ON 330 FT SECTIONS ACROSS 5300 STRIKE, 2.45 DEGREE WITH INTERSECTIONS AT 230 FT AND 460 FT IN MAIN AND HICKS ZONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACDONALD, J.R., 1968, A GUIDE TO MINERAL EXPLORATION IN GUYANA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GUYANA, BULLETIN 38, P. 40.

  • Deposit

    ANON, 1994, CATHEDRAL EXPANDS GOLD ZONE AT KABURI-ELDORADO PROJECT: THE NORTHERN MINER, SEPT. 12, 1994, V. 80, NO. 28, P. 16.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

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

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