Mubo

Occurrence in Papua New Guinea with commodities Platinum, Gold
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. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038893
MRDS ID M046374
Record type Site
Current site name Mubo
Alternate or previous names Bitoi River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 146.99883, -7.21445 (WGS84)
Relative position 30 MILES SOUTH OF LAE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Papua New Guinea(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Papua New Guinea

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 146.99883, -7.21445

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kereru Range

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRAINGER AND GRAINGER, 1974, NOTES ON 1:2,500,000 MINERAL DEPOSIT MAP OF PAPUA - NEW GUINEA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PAPUA - NEW GUINEA BULL. 148, P. 5

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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