Serpentine Creek

Occurrence in New Zealand with commodities Platinum, Gold, Silver, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038210
MRDS ID M045516
Record type Site
Current site name Serpentine Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 171.05749, -43.97346 (WGS84)
Relative position SERPENTINE CREEK FLOWS SW INTO HOKITIKA RIVER

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
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result .07 OZ PER TON AU, .054 OZ PER TON AG, .008 OZ PER TON PT, 0.79% CU

Nearby scientific data

(1) 171.05749, -43.97346

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORGAN, P.C., 1908, MIKONUL SUBDIVISION, N.Z. GEOL. SURV., BULL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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