Mine detail: Omai Property

Previously called 'Omai Intrusive Complex, Wenot Lake Zone, Alluvial Deposits, Omai MineFennall Pit, Wenot Lake Pits.'

Location:	Guyana, South America
Lat / long:	5.46797, -58.74931
dep_id:	10056741
mrds_id:	TC00808
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue:	Albite, Apatite, Chlorite, Quartz
orebody_fm:	VARIOUS
model:	273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
alteration:	Carbonatization, Silicification, Sulfidation
ore_ctrl:	More Highly Fractured Quartz Diorite Than Are The Enclosing Metavolcanic Rocks
Reporter:	Page, Norman J.
hrock_type:	Diorite,Granite
Structure:	Ne Shear Zone
tectonic:	Greenstone Belt Or Barama-Mazaruni Super Group
Year first produced:	1993
dy_ba:	<
disc_yr:	1890
References:	Deposit:: BERTONI, C.H., SHAW, R.P., SINGH, R., MINAMOTO, J., AND RICHARDS, S.M., 1991, GEOLOGY AND GOLD MINERALIZATION OF THE OMAI PROPERTY, GUYANA, IN BRAZIL GOLD,*1 ED., E.A. LADEIRA, BALKEMA, ROTTERDAM, P. 767-771. Deposit:: PAGE, N.J, SEPT. 1991, PERSONAL VISIT AND DISCUSSIONS WITH BERTONI. Deposit:: BARNARD, F., 1990, GOLD RUSH ARRIVES IN GUIANA SHIELD: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 191, N. 8, P 57-63. Deposit:: CAMBIOR, 1993, REPORT TO SHARE HOLDERS 1ST QUARTER 1993, P. 3-4. Deposit:: OMAI GOLD MINES LIMITED, 1992, ANNUAL REPORT, P. 7-11. Deposit:: WERNIUK, GEORGE, 1994, SUCCESS OF OMAI MINE BODES WELL FOR CAMBION: THE NORTHERN MINER, SEPT. 26, 1994, P. C6. Deposit:: CAMBIOR, 1994, 3RD QUARTER REPORT TO SHARE HOLDERS, SEPT 30, 1994, P. 2-3. Other Database:: CIMRI Production:: BERTONI, ET AL, 1991; CAMBIOR (1993); WERNING (1994); CAMBIOR (1994). Reserve-Resource:: BERTONI ET AL, 1991; EMJ, 1990, P. 59