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Platina Lead

Past Producer in New South Wales, Australia with commodities Gold, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037852
MRDS ID M045042
Record type Site
Current site name Platina Lead

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 147.46416, -32.8507 (WGS84)
Relative position 19 MILES FROM TRUNDLE; 215 MILES N 65 DEG W SYDNEY BETWEEN LACHLAN RIVER AND HEADWATERS OF BOGAN RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New South Wales(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia New South Wales

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Osmium Secondary
Iridium Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD WAS FINE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result PT=86.45, IR=1.48, OS+IR =10.59, RH=1.48, PD=TR (MERTIE, 1969, RECALCULATED CONC WITH FE=10.15)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) 147.46416, -32.8507
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 1609.3M
    Width 45.72M
    Depth to bottom 21.34M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • S. Flowing Ancient Stream

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1887
Discoverer J.F. Connelly
Production years PRODUCTION AT LEAST 1893-1964

Mining district

District name Fifield District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Platina Developments Nl

Comments on the production information

  • PT: AU= 6:1 TO 3:1; 1= TOTAL PT METALS (O'NEILL AND GUNNING, 1934); 0.71 G/CM OS + IR AND 0.24 G/CM RH + PL

Comments on the workings information

  • WIDTH 60-150 FEET; TENORS DECREASE FROM N TO S, ANCIENT STREAM FLOWED S.; WORKINGS INCLUDE SHAFTS AND SHALLOW PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, J.B., JR, 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE PLATINUM METALS, USGS PROF PAPER 630, P. 71-72

  • Deposit

    ORRIS, G.J., AND BLISS, J.D., 1985, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-VOLUME DATA ON 330 GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-213, 172 P.

  • Deposit

    BOWMAN, H.N., RICHARDSON, S.J., AND DOLANSKI, J., 1982, NARROMINE 1:250,000 METALLIC MAP--MINE DATA SHEETS AND METALLOGENIC STUDY: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 337 P.

  • Production

    MERTIE (1969)

  • Reserve-Resource

    BOWMAN AND OTHERS, 1982.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 124,000 G CONTAINED AU, 478 KG CONTAINED PGM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1974 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 26-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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