Farafara River

Prospect in Madagascar with commodities Gold, Platinum
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 10097112
MRDS ID M046583
Record type Site
Current site name Farafara River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 48.83439, -19.49681 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 MILES SOUTH OF VATOMANDRY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madagascar(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Madagascar

Comments on the location information

  • TRIBUTARY TO MANAMPOTSY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 48.83439, -19.49681

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Vatomandry District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IMPERIAL INSTITUTE, 1936, PT AND ALLIED METALS: MIN. RES. DEPT., P. 98

  • Deposit

    QUIRING, 1962, DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE: PLATINMETALLE BAND 16, ENKE VERLAG STUTTGART, P. 155

  • Deposit

    LACROIX, 1913, MINERALOGIE DE LA FRANCE: LIBRAIRIE POLYTECHNIQUE, P. 55

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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