Mine detail: Imotai Goldfield

Previously called 'Includes Big Hope, Bonanza, Luchene, and Carty Hubu CreeksHopeful Creek'

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Location: Guyana, South America
Lat / long: 7.2487, -59.41822
dep_id: 10060973
mrds_id: TC32101
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
model: 119: Placer Au-PGE
conc_proc: Gold In Alluvials Derived From Low-Sulfide Au-Quartz Veins In Schists.
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Gravel
disc_yr: 1905
discr: Culpepper, Carty And Benjamin
References:
  • Deposit:: MACDONALD, J.R., 1968, A GUIDE TO MINERAL EXPLORATION IN GUYANA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GUYANA, BULLETIN 38, P. 56.
  • Deposit:: LLOYD, J.W., 1962, WAINI SE: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA, SCALE 1:200,000.
  • Deposit:: DAVIES, D.A.B., 1938, REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE UPPER WAINI RIVER, NORTHWEST DISTRICT: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA BULLETIN NO. 15, 21 P.
  • Deposit:: ANON., 1994, GUYANA: CANARC PREFORA: LATINOMINERIA, AUGUST 1994, P. 12.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: DAVIES (1938).
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