Foster

Occurrence in Victoria, Australia with commodities Iridium, Osmium
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 10037846
MRDS ID M045036
Record type Site
Current site name Foster

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 146.16352, -38.68335 (WGS84)
Relative position AT WARATAH RANGE, 40 MILES SE OF MELBOURNE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Victoria(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Victoria

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iridium Critical Primary
Osmium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iridosmine Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 146.16352, -38.68335

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gippsland District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O'NEILL AND GUNNING, 1934, ECON. GEOL SERIES, CANADA, NO. 13, P. 126

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.