Mine detail: Peters Mine

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Location: Guyana, South America
Lat / long: 6.25459, -59.34739
dep_id: 10056765
mrds_id: TC00875
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Quartz
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
ore_ctrl: At Or Near Contact Of Granite And Amphibolite; Deposit In Nose Of Steeply Plunging Anticline
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Amphibolite,Clastic Sedimentary Rock
arock_type: Granite
tectonic: Greenstone Belt
Year first produced: 1905
References:
  • Deposit:: BARNARD, F., 1990, GOLD RUSH ARRIVES IN GUYANA SHIELD: ENGINEERING AND MINING GEOLOGY, V. 191, NO. 8, P. 57-63
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: BARNARD, F., 1990.
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