Mine detail: Yaou Prospect

Previously called 'Yaou CriqueBois Blanc Crique'

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Location: Department of Guiana [French Guiana], France, South America
Lat / long: 4.20136, -53.8706
dep_id: 10097385
mrds_id: TC39736
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Calcite, Muscovite, Quartz
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Paramaca Formation
hrock_type: Schist
References:
  • Deposit:: GOLDEN STAR RESOURCES, 1993, PRESS RELEASE, JUNE 8, DENVER, CO.
  • Deposit:: LASSERRE, J.L. AND PLAT, R., 1987, INVENTAIRE MINIER DE LA GUYANE: MINISTERE DE *NDUSTRIE DES POSTIS ET TELECOMMUNICATIONS ET DU TOURISME, BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINERES, DEC. 1987, 58P.
  • Deposit:: ANON., 1994, GOLDEN STAR, CAMBION EXPLORE YAOU PROJECT: THE NORTHERN MINER, OCT. 10, 1994, V. 80, NO. 32, P. 1-2.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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