Coopooro and Wairamba Creeks

Occurrence in Queensland, Australia with commodities Platinum, Gold
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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037853
MRDS ID M045043
Record type Site
Current site name Coopooro and Wairamba Creeks

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 145.99073, -17.41394 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR INNISFAIL NE QUEENSLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Queensland(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Queensland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) 145.99073, -17.41394

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Russell Goldfield

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, J.B., JR., 1969, USGS PROF PAPER 630, P. 72

  • Deposit

    O'NEIL AND GUNNING, 1934, ECON. GEOL SERIES, CANADA, NO. 13, P. 125

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.