Suzy Creek

Past Producer in Papua New Guinea with commodities Gold, Platinum, Nickel
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. 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 10098418
MRDS ID M046815
Record type Site
Current site name Suzy Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 148.54879, -9.89757 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Papua New Guinea(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Papua New Guinea

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) 148.54879, -9.89757

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name South East Papva

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH AND DAVIES, 1976 , GEOL. OF SE PAPVA: AUST. GOVT. PUBLISHING SERVICE, BULL. 165

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, MARCH 1977 , P. 232

  • Deposit

    DAVIES AND SMITH, 1974 , TUFI - CAPE NELSON PAPVA NEW GUINEA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF PAPVA, SHEET SC/55 - 8 , 4 , 1:250000

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1977 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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