Fenerive

Occurrence in Madagascar with commodities Platinum, Gold, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038688
MRDS ID M046106
Record type Site
Current site name Fenerive

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 49.41771, -17.33028 (WGS84)
Relative position NORTHEAST OF FENERIVE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madagascar(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Madagascar

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ASSOCIATED WITH GOLD IN SMALL ROUNDED GRAINS COATED WITH IRON OXIDE. TOTAL BETWEEN 1909 - 1911 1 TROY OZ

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) 49.41771, -17.33028

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    A. LACROIX; LE PLATIVE A MADAGASCAR; SOL FRAN CAISE DE MIN, BUL #6, 1918 PP 98 - 99

  • Deposit

    BULL. DES MINES DE MADAGASCAR; OUT., 1924, NO 22, P. 162.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1975 Gray, Floyd U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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