Unnamed

Producer in New South Wales, Australia with commodities Platinum, Osmium, Iridium, 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 10037865
MRDS ID M045059
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 152.99859, -28.66313 (WGS84)
Relative position NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN GOLD FIELDS-100 MILES S. BRISBANE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New South Wales(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia New South Wales

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Osmium Tertiary
Iridium Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 152.99859, -28.66313

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1860
Discoverer W.B. Clark

Mining district

District name Richmond River District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IMPERIAL INST. GR. BRITIAN, 1936 PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS P. 74

  • Production

    MERTIE (1969)

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.