Bow River

Prospect in Australia with commodities Nickel, Copper, Chromium, Zinc, Palladium, Iridium, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039206
MRDS ID M046783
Record type Site
Current site name Bow River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 139.99889, -19.99678 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 400 KM SOUTH OF WELLESLEY ISLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Australia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Chromium Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Iridium Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chromite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Analytical data

Result NICKEL GOSSAN : PD = 6 PPB, IR = 1.3 PPB, AU = 1.1 PPB, NI = 820 PPM, CU = 1315 PPM

Nearby scientific data

(1) 139.99889, -19.99678

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mafic Association

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mt. Isa Geosyncline (?)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRAVIS, KEAYS AND DAVISON, 1976 , EVALUATION OF PD AND IR IN NICKEL GOSSANS, W. AUST. : ECON. GEOL. V. 71 , N.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1977 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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