Mine detail: Gates Syndicate

Previously called 'Arakaka Goldfield'

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Location: Guyana, South America
Lat / long: 7.60119, -60.05962
dep_id: 10061052
mrds_id: TC32180
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gold
gangue: Quartz
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Bartica Assemblage
hrock_type: Greenstone
References:
  • Deposit:: MACDONALD, J.R., 1968, A GUIDE TO MINERAL EXPLORATION IN GUYANA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GUYANA, BULLETIN 38, P. 58.
  • Deposit:: BRACEWELL, S., 1938, GEOLOGICAL RECONAISSANCE SURVEY OF PART OF THE NORTHWEST DISTRICT WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING A REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE ARUKA DISTRICT BY W.T. LORD, 1929: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA, BULLETIN NO. 7.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: BRACEWELL (1938)
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