Boyes River

Prospect in Tasmania, Australia with commodities Gold, Osmium, Iridium

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10037883
MRDS ID	M045082
Record type	Site
Current site name	Boyes River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	146.33176, -42.66279 (WGS84)
Relative position	55 MI. WEST OF HOBART

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tasmania(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Australia	Tasmania

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Osmium	Primary
Iridium Critical	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	146.33176, -42.66279	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Prospect
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Gordon District

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M045082

Bibliographic references

Deposit

REID, A.M., 1921, OS-IR IN TASMANIA: TASMANIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 32, P. 8

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JAN-1975	Blair, Will N.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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