Stewart Island

Occurrence in New Zealand with commodities Platinum, Gold

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10038221
MRDS ID	M045527
Record type	Site
Current site name	Stewart Island

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	167.99797, -46.9965 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Zealand(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
New Zealand

Comments on the location information

LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Platinum Critical	Primary
Gold	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Gold	Ore
Zircon	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	167.99797, -46.9965	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

HR.AGE.MV: ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M045527

Bibliographic references

Deposit

MORGAN, P.G., 1927, N.Z. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. NO. 32, P. 82
Deposit

COX, S.H., 1882, N.Z. INST. TRANS. AND PROC., 1881, V. 16, P. 449

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.