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Sir Walter 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105191
MRDS ID TC34551
Record type Site
Current site name Sir Walter Creek
Alternate or previous names Sir Walter District, Hornes Camp, Includes Tributaries On Inside of the Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -59.61655, 6.93983 (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. FLOWING TRIBUTARY OF ARANKA 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 > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -59.61655, 6.93983
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1912

Mining district

District name Aurora Division, Aranka Goldfield

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 1,000 MINERS IN 1912, INCREASED TO 5,000 BY 1913; 1913 PRODUCTION INCLUDES SOME FROM WENAMU RIVER.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DRILLING BY H.N.C. COBBLE (1925-1926) FOUND THREE AREAS OF DREDGEABLE GROUND; 515,000 CU YDS ON RIGHT BANK OF SIR WALTER CREEK. ARANKA GOLD MINING SYNDICATE (1934-1935) ESTABLISH AREA OF 70 ACRES NOT ALL CONTIGUOUS WITH 1,031,000 CU YDS AT 0.0266 OZ/CU YD. SEE DAVIES (1937) FOR MAP OF PARE'S RESULTS OF GOLD CONTENT BETWEEN SIR WALTER AND LADY WALTER CREEKS.

Comments on development

  • 1922 ARANKA GOLD CO. MADE AN ABORTED ATTEMPT TO BRING IN A DREDGE, TRIED AGAIN 1935-1939 WITHOUT SUCCESS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRACEWELL, S., 1949, THE GEOLOGY OF THE AURORA DISTRICT CUYUNI RIVER, BRITISH GUIANA: THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA BULLETIN, NO. 21, 34 P.

  • Deposit

    DAVIES, D.A.B., 1937, REPORT ON THE ARANKA GOLDFIELD, CUYUNI RIVER: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA BULLETIN NO. 10, 25 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    BRACEWELL (1949).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ELUVIAL DEPOSITS OCCUR MAINLY IN THIN QUARTZ AND LATERITE GRAVEL ON CLAYEY BEDROCK, COMMONLY COARSE GOLD WAS FOUND; NEAR HORNES CAMP GOLD CAME FROM QUARTZ STRINGERS IN VOLCANIC ROCKS. MOST IMPORTANT TERRACE DEPOSITS ON RIGHT BANK NEAR HORNES CAMP. THEY ARE 10-15 FT ABOVE RIVER LEVEL, GOLD IS IN THIN LAYER AT BASE. 9 FT OF GRAVELS GIVE 0.0145 OZ/CU YD WHERE AS THE PAY STREAK AT BASE GAVE 0.0919 OZ/CU YD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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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