| Merume River | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Guyana |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Kamarang River |
The Merume River is a river of Guyana, a tributary of the Mazaruni River.
Merume is also the name of a nearby mountain,1 which is 30 miles east of Mount Roraima.2 Director Creek is a tributary of Merume River. First Falls is a feature of the river which also limits travel by boat.3
Merumite was discovered in 1937 appearing as black grains among diamonds and gold in the river gravel.3 In 1958, merumite was determined to be a complex aggregate of eskolaite and chromium, X-ray diffraction data showed it contained eskolaite, guyanaite, bracewellite, grimaldiite, and mcconnellite.4
Kamakusa was a settlement along the river, and formerly a government center.3
References
References
- Whitely, Henry (1884). "Explorations in the Neighbourhood of Mounts Roraima and Kukenam, in British Guiana". Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography. 6 (8): 452. doi:10.2307/1800725. ISSN 0266-626X.
- Tate, G. H. H. (1930). "Notes on the Mount Roraima Region". Geographical Review. 20 (1): 61. doi:10.2307/209126. ISSN 0016-7428.
- Milton, Charles; Narain, Sat (1969-12-01). "Merumite occurrence in Guyana". Economic Geology. 64 (8): 910–914. doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.64.8.910. ISSN 1554-0774.
- Shpachenko, A. K.; Sorokhtina, N. V.; Chukanov, N. V.; Gorshkov, A. N.; Sivtsov, A. V. (2006-07-01). "Genesis and compositional characteristics of natural γ-CrOOH". Geochemistry International. 44 (7): 681–689. doi:10.1134/S0016702906070056. ISSN 1556-1968.
Bibliography
Bibliography
- Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
5°53′N 59°53′W / 5.883°N 59.883°W / 5.883; -59.883