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Waikaia

Occurrence in New Zealand with commodity Platinum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038219
MRDS ID M045525
Record type Site
Current site name Waikaia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 168.898, -45.72984 (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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) 168.898, -45.72984
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORGAN, P.G., 1927, N.Z. GEOL. SURV., BULL. NO. 32, P. 82

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRAVEL HOSTS ARE DREDGE CONCENTRATES.

Reporter information

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

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

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