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Tiger River

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. 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061101
MRDS ID TC32240
Record type Site
Current site name Tiger River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -59.05349, 5.28464 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Comments on the location information

  • NE. FLOWING TRIBUTARY OF POTARO RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

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 Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -59.05349, 5.28464
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.66M
    Length 9977.66M
    Width 144.78M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1904

Mining district

District name Potaro Division

Comments on the production information

  • AU(2) IS GRADE JUST BELOW AREA MINED EARLIER

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY GRADE OF REMAINING MATERIAL

Comments on development

  • MINING BEGAN AFTER DEPLETION IN TRIBUTARIES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, G.J., 1936, THE GEOLOGY AND GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE POTARO: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GUIANA, BULLETIN NO. 3

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    WILLIAMS (1936)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RICHEST SECTION BETWEEN GOODHOPE AND BTENHEIM CREEK, DISCOVERED IN 1904 AND WORKED IN PITS 50 FT SQUARE AND 12 FT DEEP WITH VALUES BETWEEN 0.0214 AND 0.279 OZ/CY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1992 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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