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No Hill Right Bank of Kurupung

Past Producer in Guyana with commodities Diamond, 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061649
MRDS ID TC34577
Record type Site
Current site name No Hill Right Bank of Kurupung
Alternate or previous names Includes Yaku Creek and Tributaries, Wembley Creek, Rock Point, Wembley Pit, Kamaka Loop

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -60.22823, 6.19904 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 20 KM W OF TUMERENG LANDING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Comments on the location information

  • ON S. BANK OF KURUPUNG, ARTIFICIAL BLOCK OF WEBBER (1952).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diamond Primary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PARCEL OF STONES FROM WEMBLEY CREEK: 730 STONES, 95 CARATS; AVERAGE WEIGHT 0.13 CARATS; FIRST GRADE GEM 59%, SECOND GRADE GEM 22.4%; INDUSTRIAL GRADE, 18.5%.

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) -60.22823, 6.19904
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.76M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1919

Mining district

District name Kurupung Diamond Fields

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Period 1940'S
    Material GRAVELS(1)
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.5 Carats/Cu Yd

Comments on the production information

  • GRAVEL(2) REFERS TO WEMBLEY PIT AS DOES DIA(2).

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BY 1957 MOST SMALL TRIBUTARIES HAD BEEN EXTENSIVELY WORKED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEBBER, B.N., 1952, RECONAISSANCE REPORT ON KURUPUNG DIAMOND FIELD, MAZARUI DISTRICT, BRITISH GUIANA, CHAPTER 2: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA BULLETIN NO. 23, P. 49-68.

  • Deposit

    POLLARD, E.R., DIXON, C.G., AND DUJARDIN, R.A., 1957, DIAMOND RESOURCES OF BRITISH GUIANA; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA BULLETIN NO. 28, 45P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    WEBBER (1952).

  • Reserve-Resource

    WEBBER (1952)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WEMBLEY CREEK MOUTH: 5 FT OVERBURDEN, 8 INCHES OF GRAVEL AT 0.5 CARAT PER CU YD; ELSEWHERE 12-25 FT OVERBURDEN; ROCK POINT LANDING: 14 FT OVERBURDEN. PAY BED 1 FT THICK, ONE PIT 1953 PRODUCED 38 CARATS, LARGEST DIAMOND 4.75 CARATS; WEMBLEY PIT IS IN A SCOURED MEANDER CHANNEL CONTAINING 8 FT OF GRAVEL WITH LOWER 2 FT BEING DIAMONTERIFEROUS.

Reporter information

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

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