Rock Point Quarry

Producer in Guyana with commodity Stone
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061935
MRDS ID TC34926
Record type Site
Current site name Rock Point Quarry
Alternate or previous names Keriti Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -58.62098, 6.54902 (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

  • S OF SAXACALLI ON W BANK OF ESSEQUIBU RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -58.62098, 6.54902

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Evan Wong

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE PRODUCTION IN 1955.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOCKLEY, G.M., 1955, THE GEOLOGY OF BRITISH GUIANA AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS MINERAL RESOURCES: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA BULLETIN NO. 25, 102 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    STOCKLEY (1955).

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.