Fitzgerald's Prospect

Past Producer in Tasmania, Australia with commodities Osmium, Iridium, Gold, Bismuth, Chromium

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
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	10037905
MRDS ID	M045107
Record type	Site
Current site name	Fitzgerald's Prospect
Alternate or previous names	Bald Hills Os Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	145.16515, -41.66277 (WGS84)
Relative position	FENTON CREEK 20 MI. W. WARATAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tasmania(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Australia	Tasmania

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Osmium	Primary
Iridium Critical	Primary
Gold	Tertiary
Bismuth Critical	Tertiary
Chromium Critical	Tertiary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Bronzite	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	145.16515, -41.66277	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Heazlewood-Long Plain

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M045107

Bibliographic references

Deposit

REID, A.M. 1921, OS-IR IN TASMANIA: TASMANIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 32, P. 58-5

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.