Timanagosa

Past Producer in Papua New Guinea with commodities Gold, Platinum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103717
MRDS ID M046380
Record type Site
Current site name Timanagosa
Alternate or previous names Middle Waria Valley

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 147.08215, -7.83106 (WGS84)
Relative position 35 MILES WEST OF MOROBE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Papua New Guinea(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Papua New Guinea

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 147.08215, -7.83106

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: ALLUVIAL GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years BEFORE 1940

Mining district

District name Papua Ultramafic Belt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOW AND DAVIES, 1964, GEOL. OF THE BOWUTU MOUNTAINS, NEW GUINEA: BUR. MIN. RES. GEOL. AND GEOPHYSICS, REPT. 75, P. 2

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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