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Rock Point Rock Point Rock Point Rock Point Rock Point Rock Point Rock Point Rock Point Rock Point Aricheng South Aricheng South Aricheng South Aricheng South Aricheng South Aricheng South Aricheng South Aricheng South Aricheng South Aricheng North Aricheng North Aricheng North Aricheng North Aricheng North Aricheng North Aricheng North Aricheng North Aricheng North Aroka Aroka Aroka Aroka Aroka Aroka Aroka Aroka Aroka Dome Mt Dome Mt Dome Mt Dome Mt Dome Mt Dome Mt Dome Mt Dome Mt Dome Mt Illawa Illawa Illawa Illawa Illawa Illawa Illawa Illawa Illawa Anarabisi Anarabisi Anarabisi Anarabisi Anarabisi Anarabisi Anarabisi Anarabisi Anarabisi Merume Merume Merume Merume Merume Merume Merume Merume Merume Scale 1:2,000000 LJH 11 Nov 2004 Geological Summary of Northern Guyana Guyana Geology and Mines Commission Map Units - in approximate order of age, youngest at the top. Larger Young basic Intrusions (Avanavero Suite) Large Granitoid Intrusions (Younger Granites) Small acid intrusions Meta-sediments (Mazaruni Supergroup) Meta-volcanics (Mazaruni Supergroup) Metabasic rocks (Mazaruni Supergroup) Gneiss (Bartica Assemblage) Fault - from air photograph interpretation Sub volcanic granites - Iwokrama Fmt Bedded sediments - Roraim Fmt Acid Volcanics - Iwokrama Formation Bedded Sandstone - Moruwa Formation Older Basic & Ultrabasic Intrusions

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Aricheng NorthAricheng NorthAricheng NorthAricheng NorthAricheng NorthAricheng NorthAricheng NorthAricheng NorthAricheng North

ArokaArokaArokaArokaArokaArokaArokaArokaAroka

Dome MtDome MtDome MtDome MtDome MtDome MtDome MtDome MtDome Mt

IllawaIllawaIllawaIllawaIllawaIllawaIllawaIllawaIllawa

AnarabisiAnarabisiAnarabisiAnarabisiAnarabisiAnarabisiAnarabisiAnarabisiAnarabisi

MerumeMerumeMerumeMerumeMerumeMerumeMerumeMerumeMerume

Scale 1:2,000000LJH 11 Nov 2004

Geological Summary of

Northern Guyana

Guyana Geology and Mines Commission

Map Units - in approximate order of age, youngest at the top.

Larger Young basic Intrusions (Avanavero Suite)

Large Granitoid Intrusions (Younger Granites)

Small acid intrusionsMeta-sediments (Mazaruni Supergroup)Meta-volcanics (Mazaruni Supergroup)Metabasic rocks (Mazaruni Supergroup)

Gneiss (Bartica Assemblage)

Fault - from air photograph interpretation

Sub volcanic granites - Iwokrama FmtBedded sediments - Roraim FmtAcid Volcanics - Iwokrama FormationBedded Sandstone - Moruwa Formation

Older Basic & Ultrabasic Intrusions