Mine detail: Chantiers Pepita-Victoire-Babinsky-Joyeuse

Previously called 'Saint Elie'

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Location: Department of Guiana [French Guiana], France, South America
Lat / long: 4.83105, -53.29003
dep_id: 10064856
mrds_id: TC39739
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Quartz, Tourmaline
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Rhyolite
disc_yr: 1892
References:
  • Deposit:: MACHAIRAS, GEORGES, 1963, METALLOGENIE DE *R EN GUYANE FRANCAISE: MEMOIRES DU BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES, NO. 22, 207 P.
  • Deposit:: CHOUBERT, B., 1974, LE PRECAMBRIEN DES GUYANES: MEMOIRES DU BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES NO. 81, 212 P.
  • Deposit:: CHOUBERT, B., 19(?), CARTE GEOLOGIQUE DU DEPARTEMENT DE LA GUYANE: SERVICE DE LA CARTE GEOLOGIQUE DE LA FRANCE, SCALE 1:500,000, NO DATE GIVEN.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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