Parapara

Occurrence in New Zealand with commodities Platinum, Osmium, Iridium, Gold, Palladium
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038196
MRDS ID M045497
Record type Site
Current site name Parapara

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 172.68286, -40.67401 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Zealand(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
New Zealand

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 172.68286, -40.67401

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Collingwood District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HECTOR, 1897, ROYAL SOC. N.Z., TRANS., V. 29, P. 613

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.