Mine detail: Saunders Mine

Previously called 'Arakaka Goldfield'

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Location

Lat / long: 7.56925, -60.07184

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz, Tourmaline
Discovery year: 1911

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Bartica Assemblage
Host type:Greenstone

References

MRDSTC32183
DEP10061055
Reference{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 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY OF PART OF THE NORTHWEST DISTRICT WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING A REPORT ON TH EGEOLOGY OF THE ARUKA DISTRICT BY W.T. LORD, 1929: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BRITISH GUIANA, BULLETIN NO. 7.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: BRACEWELL (1938)}
ReporterPage, Norman J.