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Gira River

Occurrence in Papua New Guinea with commodities Osmium, Iridium, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039292
MRDS ID M046909
Record type Site
Current site name Gira River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 147.96548, -7.98105 (WGS84)
Relative position N. OF OWEN STANLEY RANGE, 240 MILES NW MILNE BAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Papua New Guinea(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Papua New Guinea

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES FROM NIMA'S GEONAMES DATABASE ARE FOR GIRA RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Osmium Primary
Iridium Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) 147.96548, -7.98105
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1974 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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