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Milne Bay Beach Sands

Occurrence in Papua New Guinea with commodities Osmium, Iridium, Gold
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  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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037842
MRDS ID M045031
Record type Site
Current site name Milne Bay Beach Sands

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 150.49876, -10.36421 (WGS84)
Relative position EXTREME SE END OF PAPUA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Papua New Guinea(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Papua New Guinea

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES FROM NIMA'S GEONAMES DATABASE ARE FOR MILNE BAY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Osmium Primary
Iridium Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 150.49876, -10.36421
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: BEACH SANDS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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

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