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Palmer River

Producer in Queensland, Australia with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107233
MRDS ID TC43053
Record type Site
Current site name Palmer River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 144.08216, -15.98042 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Queensland(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Queensland

Comments on the location information

  • IN NORTHERN QUEENSLAND.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) 144.08216, -15.98042
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Australian Diversified Resources And Rimeki
    First year 1986
  • Type Owner
    Owner Australian Diversified Resources
    Interest 75
    Last year 1986

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Total resources 20000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.35 g/mt Gold Major 1987

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADE IS AS REPORTED IN EMJ.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOLOMON, M., AND GROVES, D.I., 1994, THE GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF AUSTRALIA'S MINERAL DEPOSITS: OXFORD, OXFORD MONOGRAPHS ON GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS 24, 951 P.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, FEBRUARY, 1988, P. 13-14.

  • Production

    EMJ, 1988.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-APR-95 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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