Mangles Valley

Occurrence in New Zealand with commodities Platinum, Iridium

Sections on this page

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10038217
MRDS ID	M045523
Record type	Site
Current site name	Mangles Valley
Alternate or previous names	Upper Buller

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	172.33143, -41.82985 (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
Iridium Critical	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	172.33143, -41.82985	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

HR.AGE.MV: ALLUVIAL GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Murchison District

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M045523

Bibliographic references

Deposit

MORGAN, P.G., 1927, N.Z. GEOL. SURV., BULL. NO. 32, P. 81

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	NUGGET OF 4.57 GR., SPECIFIC GRAVITY = 17.5

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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