Ballina Beach

Producer in New South Wales, Australia with commodity Platinum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037856
MRDS ID M045047
Record type Site
Current site name Ballina Beach

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 153.59218, -28.87479 (WGS84)
Relative position 100 MILES SSE OF BRISBANE

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
Platinum Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 153.59218, -28.87479

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ballina District

Comments on the production information

  • 1894-LARGEST OUTPUT = TOTAL PT METALS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IMP. INST. GR. BRITIAN, 1936, PT AND ALLIED METALS, P. 77-78

  • Production

    IMP. INST. GR. BR., 1936.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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