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Mo River

Occurrence in Papua New Guinea with commodities Gold, Platinum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10038883
MRDS ID M046362
Record type Site
Current site name Mo River
Alternate or previous names Mageri Volcanics

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 147.53214, -7.83106 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MILES SW MOROBE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Papua New Guinea(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Papua New Guinea

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 147.53214, -7.83106
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mo River Drains Mageri Volcanics

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

Mining district

District name Papua Ultramafic Belt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOW AND DAVIES, 1964, THE GEOLOGY OF THE BOWUTU MOUNTAINS, NEW GUINEA: BUR. MIN. RES. GEOL. AND GEOPHYSICS, REPT. 75, P. 25

  • Deposit

    ROBINSON, N. C., 1959, NATIVE MINING ACTIVITIES OF THE MOROBE DISTRICT, NEW GUINEA: SPEC. REPT. TO MINING ENGR. (UNPUBL.)

Reporter information

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

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