Mine detail: Gros Rosebel

Previously called 'Headle* Reef Concession, Bens Stork ConcessionRosebel Area Gross RosebelIncludes Mayo, Savannah Mine, Royal Hill, Roma, Rosebell Koolhauen,Pay Caro, East Pay Caro, and Several Other Areas'

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Location: Suriname, South America
Lat / long: 5.13464, -55.58257
dep_id: 10063976
mrds_id: TC38111
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Gold, Pyrite, Wolframite
gangue: Chlorite, Quartz
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Rosebel Formation;Amina Formation
hrock_type: Phyllite
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Syncline With Low Angle Faults (Thrusts?)
Year first produced: 1880
disc_yr: 1880
discr: Prospectors, Pork Knockers
References:
  • Deposit:: COMMISSION FOR THE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE WORLD, 1983 METALLOGENIC MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA, SCALE 1:5,000,000.
  • Deposit:: BOSMA, W., HO LEN FAT, A.G., AND WELTER, C.C., 1972 (?), MINERALS AND MINING IN SURINAME: SEPARATA DE LA MEMORIA DE IX CONFERENCIA INTER-GUAYANAS BOLETIN DE GEOLOGIA: PUBLICACION ESPECIAL NO. 6 CARACAS, VENEZUELA, P. 493-526.
  • Deposit:: PAGE, N.J, FIELD EXAMINATION, MAY 1993.
  • Deposit:: WERNICK, GEORGE, 1994, GOLDEN STAR IS NO STRONGER TO GUIANA SHIELD: THE NORTHERN MINER, SEPT. 26, 1994, P. C12.
  • Deposit:: ANON., 1995, WORK PROGRAM AT GROS ROSEBEL: THE NORTHERN MINER, V. 80, NO. 50, P. 13.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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