Wafi

Prospect in Papua New Guinea with commodity Gold
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. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182913
MAS/MILS ID 6040000001
Record type Site
Current site name Wafi

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 146.44883, -6.88111 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Papua New Guinea(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Papua New Guinea

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 146.44883, -6.88111

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Milling method Unspecified

Mining district

District name Morobe Prov.

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cra
    Interest 100
    Year 1996
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Elders
    Interest 100

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Inferred 20000000mt ore
    Total resources 20000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.9 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Inferred 90000000mt ore
    Total resources 90000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.4 wt-pct Copper 1996

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING JOURNAL, OCT 04, 1996, P91, "PAPUA NEW GUINEA".

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1996 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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