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Wiwo River

Past Producer in Papua New Guinea with commodities Gold, Platinum
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  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 10038900
MRDS ID M046383
Record type Site
Current site name Wiwo River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 147.61548, -7.91439 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 MILES SW DONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Papua New Guinea(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Papua New Guinea

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 147.61548, -7.91439
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: ALLUVIAL GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years BEFORE 1914

Mining district

District name Papua Ultramafic Belt

Comments on the production information

  • SINCE 1945 150 TOZ AU FROM SEVERAL RIVERS NEAR WIWO RIVER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

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

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