Unnamed On Hill 2 Miles E. Fifield

Occurrence in New South Wales, Australia with commodities Platinum, Gold
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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037857
MRDS ID M045048
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed On Hill 2 Miles E. Fifield

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 147.4625, -32.8507 (WGS84)
Relative position 19 MILES FROM TRUNDLE; 215 MILES N 65 W SYDNEY BETWEEN LACHLAN RIVER AND BOGAN RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New South Wales(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia New South Wales

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 147.4625, -32.8507

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1887

Mining district

District name Fifield District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IMPERIAL INST. GR. BRITIAN, 1936, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS, P. 75-76

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WATER WORN GRAINS OF PLATINUM AND GOLD IN CONGLOMERATE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1974 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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