Magavara River

Past Producer in Papua New Guinea with commodities Gold, Platinum, PGE, Nickel
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 10098422
MRDS ID M046884
Record type Site
Current site name Magavara River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 149.96544, -10.13088 (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
PGE Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 149.96544, -10.13088

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southeast Papva

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, MARCH 1977 , P. 232

  • Deposit

    SMITH AND DAVIES, 1973 , ABAU, PAPUA: BUR. MIN. RES. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PAPUA, AUST. 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.