Otara Beach

Occurrence in New Zealand with commodity Platinum
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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038224
MRDS ID M045530
Record type Site
Current site name Otara Beach
Alternate or previous names Mouth of Waiau River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 173.37085, -42.77543 (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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 173.37085, -42.77543

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: BEACH SANDS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • RECORD NUMBER ISM0737 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

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.