Badger Plain

Occurrence in Tasmania, Australia with commodities Osmium, Iridium, Gold

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10037899
MRDS ID	M045098
Record type	Site
Current site name	Badger Plain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	145.16515, -41.66277 (WGS84)
Relative position	NEAR SAVAGE RIVER 20 MI. W. OF WARATAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tasmania(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Australia	Tasmania

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Osmium	Primary
Iridium Critical	Primary
Gold	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	145.16515, -41.66277	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Heazlewood-Long Plain

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M045098

Bibliographic references

Deposit

REID, A.M., 1921, OS-IR IN TASMANIA: TASMANIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 32, P. 67-6

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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