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Million Mount

Occurrence 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061045
MRDS ID TC32173
Record type Site
Current site name Million Mount
Alternate or previous names Hundred Pound Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -59.32904, 6.2957 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore

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 Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Million Mount Porphyry
    Rock description Million Mount Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -59.32904, 6.2957
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goete Creek-Aremu-Peters Mine Division

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 0.6 OZ AU/SHORT TON OVER 1FT VEIN; 0.15 OZ AU/SHORT TON OVER 12 FT IN 2 HARDROCK DRILL INTERSECTIONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACDONALD, J.R., 1968, A GUIDE TO MINERAL EXPLORATION IN GUYANA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GUYANA, BULLETIN 38, P. 19.

  • Deposit

    ALLDERIDGE, M.G., 1962, PURUNI SE: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA, SCALE 1:200000.

  • Deposit

    ANON, 1969, A FURTHER GUIDE TO MINERAL EXPLORATION IN GUYANA, SUPPLEMENT TO BULLETIN 38, P. 5.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    SUPPLEMENT TO BULLETIN 38 (1969)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 QUARTZ VEINS; GOLD IN SOIL OVERLYING GRANITE PORPHYRY AT UNCONFORMABLE CONTACT AREA BETWEEN METASEDIMENTS; PORPHYRY ALTERED AND QUARTZ VEINED. SECOND MODEL: PLACER AU-PGE (NUM 39A)

Reporter information

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

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