Unnamed

Occurrence in Papua New Guinea with commodities Platinum, PGE, Chromium
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092549
MRDS ID M046891
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 148.98212, -9.86424 (WGS84)
Relative position 14 MILES SOUTH OF MT. SUCKLING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Papua New Guinea(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Papua New Guinea

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Tertiary
PGE Critical Tertiary
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CROME DEPOSIT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) 148.98212, -9.86424

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southeast Papua

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DAVIES AND SMITH, 1974 , TUFI - CAPE NELSON, PAPUA, N.G.: MIN. RES. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, N.G., AUST, 1:25000

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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