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Doriri Creek

Past Producer in Papua New Guinea with commodities Platinum, Gold, Nickel, PGE
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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. 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 10098423
MRDS ID M046888
Record type Site
Current site name Doriri Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 148.74879, -9.84757 (WGS84)
Relative position 20 MILES SE SAFIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Papua New Guinea(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Papua New Guinea

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Nickel Critical Secondary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME LODE GOLD

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 148.74879, -9.84757
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southeast Papua (Tufi)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH AND DAVIES, 1976 , GEOL. OF SE PAPUA MAINLAND: AUST. GOVT. PUBLISHING SERVICE, BULL. 165

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, MARCH 1977

  • Deposit

    DAVIES AND SMITH, 1974 , TUFI - CAPE NELSON: BUR. MIN. RES. PAPUA, N.G.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1977 Blair, Will N. 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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