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Toematoe and Tempati Creeks

Occurrence in Suriname with commodity Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064007
MRDS ID TC38152
Record type Site
Current site name Toematoe and Tempati Creeks

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -54.54922, 4.88466 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Suriname(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Suriname

Comments on the location information

  • W. OF MAROWIJNE RIVER; VEINS BETWEEN ABOVE CREEKS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -54.54922, 4.88466
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE (1) AND ORE (2) AT DIFFERENT LOCALITIES; TONNAGE ESTIMATE BASED ON MATERIAL FOUND IN TRENCHES.

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMISION FOR THE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE WORLD, 1983, METALLOGENIC MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA, SCALE 1:5,000,000.

  • Deposit

    BOSMA, W., HO LEN FAT, A.G., AND WELTER, C.C., 1972 (?), MINERALS AND MINING IN SURINAME: SEPARATA DE LA MEMORIA DE IX CONFERENCIA INTER-GUAYANAS BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA: PUBLICACION ESPECIAL NO. 6 CARACAS, VENEZUELA, P. 493-526.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS PINCH DOWNWARD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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