Looby

Prospect in Tasmania, Australia with commodities Osmium, Iridium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  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 10097064
MRDS ID M045137
Record type Site
Current site name Looby
Alternate or previous names East Football Hill Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 146.33176, -42.66279 (WGS84)
Relative position FOOTBALL HILL 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 146.33176, -42.66279

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.23M

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.