Gira River

Past Producer in Papua New Guinea with commodities Gold, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
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	10038888
MRDS ID	M046367
Record type	Site
Current site name	Gira River
Alternate or previous names	Gira River Sluicing Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	147.66548, -8.31436 (WGS84)
Relative position	35 MILES NE OF WOLTAPE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Papua New Guinea(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Papua New Guinea

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Platinum Critical	Secondary
Osmium	Secondary
Iridium Critical	Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	147.66548, -8.31436	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

HR.AGE.MV: ALLUVIAL GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No
Production years	LARGELY BETWEEN 1898 - 1909

Mining district

District name	Gira Gold Fields

Comments on the production information

ONLY MINOR PRODUCTION AFTER 1931

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M046367

Bibliographic references

Deposit

GRAINGER AND GRAINGER, 1974, NOTES ON 1:2,500,000 MINERAL DEPOSIT MAP PAPUA - NEW GUINEA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PAPUA - NEW GUINEA BULL. 148, P. 50
Deposit

O'NEILL AND GUNNING, 1934, ECON. GEOL. SERIES, CANADA, NO. 13, P. 128

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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