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Upper Tamakay Creek

Past Producer in Guyana with commodity Diamond
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061030
MRDS ID TC32158
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Tamakay Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -60.25185, 6.47264 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Comments on the location information

  • INCLUDES BOTH BRANCHES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diamond Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -60.25185, 6.47264
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1895

Mining district

District name Issineru Division

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRYN DAVIES, D.A., 1941, GEOLOGY, GOLD, AND DIAMOND DEPOSITS OF THE AWARAPARI-ISSINERU-PUTA RENG AREA, UPPER MAZARUNI RIVER: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA, BULLETIN NO. 17

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890'S

Reporter information

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

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