La Jeanette Creek

Past Producer in Guyana with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105221
MRDS ID TC34934
Record type Site
Current site name La Jeanette Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -59.11626, 6.42847 (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 BIG 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -59.11626, 6.42847

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1935

Mining district

District name Groete Creek - Aremu - Peters Mine Division

Comments on the production information

  • CREEK WAS VERY RICH AND HAD BEEN EXTENSIVELY WORKED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TAILINGS AND SOME UNWORKED GROUND EXISTED IN 1935.

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).

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.