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Waterfall Creek

Occurrence in New Zealand with commodity Platinum
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  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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038208
MRDS ID M045514
Record type Site
Current site name Waterfall Creek
Alternate or previous names Owharoa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 175.82959, -37.39351 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MILES S80W OF WAIHI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Zealand(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
New Zealand

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 175.82959, -37.39351
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: ALLUVIAL GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORGAN, P.G., 1924, WAIHI DISTRICT, GEOL. SURV. BULL. N. ZEALAND, 26, P. 93

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MORGAN SKEPTIC ABOUT OCCURRENCE

Reporter information

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

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