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Northwest Aremu River

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 10105220
MRDS ID TC34909
Record type Site
Current site name Northwest Aremu River
Alternate or previous names Mile 14 of Aremu Mine - Quartzstone Survey Line, Faith, Paradise, Madia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -59.22988, 6.73151 (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

  • TRIBUTARY OF AREMU 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -59.22988, 6.73151
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 304.8M
    Width 182.88M

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

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED PRE-1935 AND IN 1935; AVERAGE OF 4 GRAVEL VALUES GIVEN AS GRADE FOR GRAVEL (1); GRAVEL (2) IS MADIA CREEK AVERAGE OF 6 VALUES, BUT VALUES UP TO 0.194 OZ/CU YD REPORTED.

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

  • Production

    GRANTHAM (1938).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OVERBURDEN BARREN CLAY UP TO 4.5 FEET.

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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