Barrett Creek

Prospect in Tasmania, Australia with commodities Osmium, Iridium, Gold, Chromium, Tin
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. Ore body information
  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 10097063
MRDS ID M045135
Record type Site
Current site name Barrett Creek
Alternate or previous names West of Adam River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 146.33176, -42.66279 (WGS84)
Relative position ADAM RIVER 56 MI. WNW HOBART

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tasmania(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Tasmania

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Osmium Primary
Iridium Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Chromium Critical Primary
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 146.33176, -42.66279

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 2.74M
    Depth to top 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Adamsfield District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NYE, P.B., 1929, OS-IR DEPOSITS ADAMSFIELD DIST: TASMANIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 39, P. 5

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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