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Papua-New Guinea

Producer in Papua New Guinea with commodities Osmium, Iridium, Platinum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037862
MRDS ID M045055
Record type Site
Current site name Papua-New Guinea

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 144.99887, -6.99778 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Papua New Guinea(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Papua New Guinea

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Osmium Primary
Iridium Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 144.99887, -6.99778
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1920-1938

Mining district

District name All Districts

Comments on the production information

  • 1 AND 2 = TOTAL PRODUCTION FROM AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    QUIRING (1962), IMP. INST. GR. BR. (1934)

Reporter information

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

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