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Sau 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 10038906
MRDS ID M046389
Record type Site
Current site name Sau River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 143.88221, -5.34793 (WGS84)
Relative position MILES NW OF KOMPIAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Papua New Guinea(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Papua New Guinea

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 143.88221, -5.34793
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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 Central Range

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NW MAP SHEET, GEOLOGY PAPUA - NEW GUINEA: AUSTRALIAN BUREAU MIN. RES. GEOL. AND GEOPHYSICS (SHEET 1 OF 4) 1972

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

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