Woods and Party

Prospect in Tasmania, Australia with commodities Osmium, Iridium, Chromium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037962
MRDS ID M045196
Record type Site
Current site name Woods and Party
Alternate or previous names Smith Creek Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 146.33176, -42.66279 (WGS84)
Relative position SMITH CREEK 56 MI WNW HOBART

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
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 146.33176, -42.66279

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Adamsfield District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NYE, P.B., 1929, OS-IR DEPOSITS ADAMSFIELD DIST: TASMANIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 39, P. 4

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.