Mine detail: Marudi Mountain

Previously called 'Mazoa HillMarudi MineRupununi Gold Mines Ltd.'

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Location

Lat / long: 2.22341, -59.17376

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Ankerite, Calcite, Quartz, Sericite
Discovery year: 1947

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Marudi Group
Host type:Metasedimentary Rock
Alteration processes:Silicification Over Zone Of 140 Ft

References

MRDSTC32059
DEP10060955
Reference{Deposit:: MACDONALD, J.R., 1968, A GUIDE TO MINERAL EXPLORATION IN GUYANA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GUYANA, BULLETIN 38, P. 61-64.}{Deposit:: BARRON, C.N., 1962, THE GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTH SAVANAS DEGREE SQUARE: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA BULLETIN NO. 33, 29 P.}{Deposit:: BERRANGE, J.P., 1977, THE GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN GUYANA, SOUTH AMERICA: INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES OVERSEAS MEMOIR 7, 112 P.}{Deposit:: ANON., 1994, MARUNDI UPDATE: MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, FEBRUARY 25, 1994, P. 136.}{Deposit:: ANON., 1994, SUTTON RESUMES GUYANA DRILLING: THE NORTHERN MINER, V. 80, NO. 37, P. 3.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: BARRON (1962).}
ReporterPage, Norman J.