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Sepik Gold Field 1

Past Producer in Papua New Guinea with commodities Gold, Silver, Platinum
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  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. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103714
MRDS ID M046358
Record type Site
Current site name Sepik Gold Field 1
Alternate or previous names Sepik Gold Field Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 143.09889, -3.54809 (WGS84)
Relative position 40 MILES WEST OF WEWAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Papua New Guinea(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Papua New Guinea

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 143.09889, -3.54809
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: ALLUVIAL GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1935 - 1971

Mining district

District name Prince Alexander Mtns.

Comments on the production information

  • ABOVE TOTALS FOR SEPIK GOLD FIELD AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRAINGER AND GRAINGER, 1974, NOTES ON 1:2500000 MIN. DEPOSIT MAP PAPUA - NEW GUINEA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PAPUA - N. GUINEA BULL. 148, P. 32 - 33, 70

  • Deposit

    NYE AND FISHER, 1954, MIN. DEP. PAPUA - NEW GUINEA: BUREAU MIN. RESOOURCES AUSTRALIA, REPT. 9

  • Production

    NYE AND FISHER (1954)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL MINOR DEPOSITS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

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