Locality type:

Pit

Classification

Species:

Sphalerite

Formula:

ZnS

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Fennell pit, Omai gold mine, Omai, Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region, Guyana

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

894573

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:894573:0

GUID (UUID V4):

7ab02279-9239-45d4-bd6b-c7523ca739fa

Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite

1.8km (1.1 miles)

ⓘ Omai gold mine, Omai, Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region, Guyana

References

Gabriel Voicu (1999) Geology, Geochemistry and Metallogeny of the Omai Gold Deposit, Guiana Shield, South America. PhD Thesis University of Quebec Chicoutimi.

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	Voicu, Gabriel, Bardoux, Marc, Jebrak, Michel, Crepeau, Robert (1999) Structural, mineralogical and geochemical studies of the Paleoproterozoic Omai gold deposit, Guyana. Economic Geology, 94 (8) 1277-1303 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.94.8.1277	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Studies of the Paleoproterozoie OmaiGoldDeposit, Guyana GABRIELVOICU? Ddpartement desSciences dela Terre...andOmaiGoldMinesLimited, PO. Box12249,Georgetown, Guyana MARCBARDOUX, MICHELJP.B•I<, Ddpartement desSciences...OmaiGoldMinesLimited, P.O.Box12249,Georgetown, Guyana Abstract The granitoidandgreenstone-hosted Omaigolddeposit...witha quartz monzodioritic intrusion (Omaistock, Fennell pit)andsubvolcanic quartz-feldspar porphyry and rhyolite...volcanic flows andmetasedimentary rocks (Wenot pit).Six gold-bearing undeformed subhorizontal andsubvertical
	Voicu, G., Bardoux, M., Stevenson, R., Jébrak, M. (2000) Nd and Sr isotope study of hydrothermal scheelite and host rocks at Omai, Guiana Shield: implications for ore fluid source and flow path during the formation of orogenic gold deposits. Mineralium Deposita, 35 (4) 302-314 doi:10.1007/s001260050243	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	study of hydrothermal scheelite and host rocks at Omai, Guiana Shield: implications for ore ¯uid source...orogenic gold deposits Received: 11 February 1999 / Accepted: 1 November 1999 Abstract Omai is a high...high tonnage, low-grade, worldclass gold deposit located in the Paleoproterozoic Guiana Shield. It is the...the second most important gold deposit in the Guiana Shield (after Las Cristinas, Venezuela), and one...from the Omai deposit. Gold-bearing veins are hosted by the Paleoproterozoic Barama-Mazaruni Supergroup

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Sphalerite from Fennell pit, Omai gold mine, Omai, Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region, Guyana

Sphalerite from
Fennell pit, Omai gold mine, Omai, Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region, Guyana