Coonbaralba Range

Producer in Australia with commodity 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. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109595
MRDS ID M046591
Record type Site
Current site name Coonbaralba Range

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 141.49873, -31.74623 (WGS84)
Relative position OPPOSITE THE RAZORBACK 15 MILES NORTH OF BROKEN HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Australia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result .822 OZ PT/TON ASSAY

Nearby scientific data

(1) 141.49873, -31.74623

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Barrier District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IMPERIAL INSTITUTE, 1936, PT AND ALLIED METALS: MIN. RES. DEPT. 2ND ED., LONDON, P. 77

  • Deposit

    QUIRING, 1962, DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE: PLATINMETALLE ENKE VERLAG STUTTGART, P. 118

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW VEINS OF IRONSTONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-76 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey SOURCES & UPGRADES EDITS
Editor 01-MAR-76 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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