Domara River Headwater

Occurrence in Papua New Guinea with commodities Nickel, Platinum, PGE

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10039278
MRDS ID	M046889
Record type	Site
Current site name	Domara River Headwater

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	148.64879, -9.8309 (WGS84)
Relative position	15 MILES SOUTH OF SAFIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Papua New Guinea(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Papua New Guinea

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Nickel Critical	Primary
Platinum Critical	Tertiary
PGE Critical	Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Associated

Rock type

Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Late Cretaceous
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Late Cretaceous

Host or associated Host

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1)	148.64879, -9.8309	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Se Papua

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M046889

Bibliographic references

Deposit

DAVIES AND SMITH, 1974 , TUFI - CAPE NELSON, PAPUA: BUR. MIN. RES. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, N.G. AUST. 1:25000

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-FEB-1978	Blair, Will N.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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