Mouth of Clutha River

Occurrence in New Zealand with commodity Platinum
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038216
MRDS ID M045522
Record type Site
Current site name Mouth of Clutha River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 169.85491, -46.33292 (WGS84)

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 169.85491, -46.33292

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: BEACH SANDS & GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORGAN, P.G., 1927, N.Z. GEOL. SURV., BULL. NO. 32, P. 82

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INCLUDES CLUTHA RIVER DRAINAGE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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