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Brown River

Occurrence in Papua New Guinea with commodities Osmium, Iridium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037843
MRDS ID M045032
Record type Site
Current site name Brown River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 147.19882, -9.25455 (WGS84)
Relative position S. OF OWEN STANLEY RANGE, 250 MILES WNW OF MILNE BAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Papua New Guinea(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Papua New Guinea

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Osmium Primary
Iridium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 147.19882, -9.25455
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: ALLUVIAL GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1974 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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