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Turesi Gold Workings

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. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060968
MRDS ID TC32072
Record type Site
Current site name Turesi Gold Workings
Alternate or previous names Turesi Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -59.31849, 5.87267 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAINLY FINE GOLD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -59.31849, 5.87267
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • POSSIBLY DERIVED FROM QUARTZ-TOURMALINE VEINS I INTERMEDIATE METAVOLCANICS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1931

Mining district

District name Kaburi-Issano-Karanag Division

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED UP TO 1934.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, G.J., 1936, THE GEOLOGY AND GOLD RESOURCES OF THE KARAWARAMBO-ITAKI-TURESI-OKUWA REGION, MAZARUNI, SECTION III, IN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA, 1934 REPORTS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA, BULLETIN N0. 2, P. 16-25.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

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