Bingara Diamond Field

Past Producer in New South Wales, Australia with commodities Gold, Diamond
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066398
MRDS ID TC42571
Record type Site
Current site name Bingara Diamond Field

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 150.41527, -29.74639 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New South Wales(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia New South Wales

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Diamond Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 150.41527, -29.74639

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRAVELS ARE OVERLAIN BY BASALT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1884-1932 (DIAMONDS)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ORRIS, G.J., AND BLISS, J.D., 1985, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-VOLUME DATA ON 330 GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-213, 172 P.

  • Deposit

    ROSE, C., 1960, GEMSTONES: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW SOUTH WALES SUMMARY REPORT 18, P. 60.

  • Production

    ROSE, 1960.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ORRIS AND BLISS, 1985.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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