Gerringong Beach Sands

Occurrence in Australia with commodity Platinum
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037839
MRDS ID M045028
Record type Site
Current site name Gerringong Beach Sands

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 150.78908, -34.80458 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Australia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) 150.78908, -34.80458

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IMP. INST. GR. BRITIAN, 1936, PT AND ALLIED METALS, P. 77

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-74 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey SOURCES & UPGRADES EDITS
Editor 01-DEC-74 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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