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Wagasu River

Prospect in Papua New Guinea with commodities Gold, Platinum, PGE
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097133
MRDS ID M046900
Record type Site
Current site name Wagasu River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 142.66557, -3.74807 (WGS84)
Relative position 30 MILES INLAND FROM COASTAL TOWN OF AITAPE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Papua New Guinea(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Papua New Guinea

Comments on the location information

  • NEW GUINEA'S W. SEPIK DIST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 142.66557, -3.74807
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form ALLUVIAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name West Sepik District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 1968 , ALLUVIAL PT DISCOVERY: MIN. JOUR. V. 270 , P. 312

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 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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