Kau Creek Lode

Prospect in Papua New Guinea with commodities Silver, Gold, Platinum
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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038896
MRDS ID M046377
Record type Site
Current site name Kau Creek Lode
Alternate or previous names Upper Ono River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 146.96549, -7.91439 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 MILES WEST OF TIMANAGOSA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Papua New Guinea(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Papua New Guinea

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result AU = TRACE, AG = 4 OZ/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 146.96549, -7.91439

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form REEF

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bowutu Mountains

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOW AND DAVIES, 1964, THE GEOLOGY OF THE BOWUTU MOUNTAINS, NEW GUINEA: BUR. MIN. RES. GEOL. AND GEOPHYSICS REPT. NO. 75, P. 25

  • Deposit

    FISHER, N. H., 1939, GEOLOGICAL REPORT BETWEEN WAU, GARAINA AND WARIA RIVER: REPT. TO SEC. FOR MINES, NEW GUINEA (UNPUBL.)

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.