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Wariri Creek

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 10061926
MRDS ID TC34911
Record type Site
Current site name Wariri Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -58.93849, 6.55402 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guyana(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Guyana

Comments on the location information

  • N FLOWING TRIBUTARY OF CUYUNI RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IS COARSE.

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 > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -58.93849, 6.55402
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 402.33M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Groete Creek-Aremu-Peters Mine Division

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRANTHAM, D.R., 1938, REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY AND GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE WARIRI-AREMU-QUARTZSTONE SECTION OF THE CUYUNI DISTRICT: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA BULLETIN NO. 12, PART 3, P. 25-37

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TERRACES AND FLATS ARE 0.25 MI WIDE AT MOUTH WITH ROUNDED QUARTZ BOULDERS UP TO 12 IN IN DIAMETER; GRAVELS ARE SEVERAL FT THICK, OVERLAIN BY 6-9 FT BARREN SANDY CLAY; GRAVEL RESTS ON POT-HOLED CLAY; GOLD COLLECTS IN POT-HOLES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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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