Safed - Cona

Occurrence in Punjab, Pakistan 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. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038987
MRDS ID M046486
Record type Site
Current site name Safed - Cona

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: 72.14558, 30.83318 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Punjab(province)

Pakistan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Pakistan Punjab

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) 72.14558, 30.83318

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1881
Discoverer Major Baden - Powell

Mining district

District name Indus Valley

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALL, 1881, MANUAL OF THE GEOL. OF INDIA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, V. 3, P. 168

  • Deposit

    RUDRA, 1904, MIN. RES. BRITISH INDIA: AIME, V. 34, P. 825

  • Deposit

    QUIRING, 1962, DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE: PLATINMETALLE, 16 BAND, ENKE VERLAG STUTTGART, P. 133

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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