Mine detail: Crique Sparouine

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Location: Department of Guiana [French Guiana], France, South America
Lat / long: 5.14937, -54.17088
dep_id: 10064869
mrds_id: TC39755
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Tantalum, Tin, Lithium, Niobium (Columbium)
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Cassiterite, Gold, Lepidolite, Pyrite
gangue: Quartz, Tourmaline
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Pegmatite
References:
  • Deposit:: MACHAIRAS, GEORGES, 1963, METALLOGENIE DE *R EN GUYANE FRANCAISE: MEMOIRES DU BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES, NO. 22, 207P.
  • Deposit:: CHOUBERT, B., 1974, LE PRECAMBRIEN DES GUYANES: MEMOIRES DU BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES NO. 81, 212P.
  • 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.
  • Deposit:: BROUWER, G.C., 1961, FEUILLE DE SAINT-JEAN ET NOTICE EXPLICATIVE: CARTE GEOLOGIQUE DETAILLE DE LA FRANCE; SCALE 1:100,000, 25P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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