Currumbin Beach

Occurrence in Queensland, Australia with commodities Platinum, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037863
MRDS ID M045057
Record type Site
Current site name Currumbin Beach

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 153.55858, -28.19092 (WGS84)
Relative position S. OF BRISBANE NEAR MOUTH TWEEN RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Queensland(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Queensland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Monazite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) 153.55858, -28.19092

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IMPERIAL INST. GR. BRITIAN, 1936, PT AND ALLIED METALS, P. 78

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-74 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey SOURCES & UPGRADES EDITS
Editor 01-DEC-74 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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