Unnamed

Producer in Tasmania, Australia with commodities Osmium, Iridium

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10037880
MRDS ID	M045079
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	146.33176, -42.66279 (WGS84)
Relative position	56 MI. WNW HOBART

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tasmania(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Australia	Tasmania

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Osmium	Primary
Iridium Critical	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	146.33176, -42.66279	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

Thickness 0.46M

Length 213.36M

Width 3.05M

Depth to bottom 21.34M

Thickness	0.46M
Length	213.36M
Width	3.05M
Depth to bottom	21.34M

Comments on the geologic information

GEOL.DESC: ROCK SOFTEN BY WEATHERING, EASILY DISINTERGRATED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No
Discovery year	1930

Mining district

District name	Adamsfield District

Comments on the production information

PRODUCED A SMALL AMOUNT OF OS.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M045079

Bibliographic references

Deposit

MERTIE, J.B., JR., 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE PLATINUM METALS, USGS PROF. PAPER 630, P. 70

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.