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April 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038887
MRDS ID M046366
Record type Site
Current site name April River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 142.53223, -4.69799 (WGS84)
Relative position 110 MILE SOUTH OF AITAPE

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) 142.53223, -4.69799
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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

Mining district

District name April River Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRAINGER AND GRAINGER, 1974, NOTES ON 1:2,500,000 MINERAL DEPOSIT MAP OF PAPUA - NEW GUINEA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PAPUA - NEW GUINEA BULL. 148, P. 32, 70

  • Deposit

    DOW, ET AL, 1968, GEOL. SEPIK REGION, NEW GUINEA: BUR. MIN. RES. AUSTRALIA REC. (UNPUBL.)

Reporter information

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

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