Scientific data near [-8.68000,147.66000]

Search area extends approximately 4.5 km east-west and 4.5 km north-south.

Geographic context

Counties, states, countries, continents, or oceans
Papua New Guinea	country
Southeast Asia	continent
Land	continent

Mineral Resource Data System

MRDS describes metallic and nonmetallic mineral resources throughout the world. Included are deposit name, location, commodity, deposit description, geologic characteristics, production, reserves, resources, and references.

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Site name	Development	Commodities
Mclaughlins Creek Workings	Past Producer	AU PGE_PT PGE_OS PGE_IR

An index to PGE-Ni-Cr deposits and occurrences in selected mineral-occurrence databases (web-accessible database)

A compendium of references to previously published databases and database records that describe PGE, nickel, and chromium deposits and occurrences. These data show where to obtain more detailed information about each deposit or occurrence.

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Deposit name	Deposit type	Location
Mclaughlins Creek Workings	Past Producer

Global assessment of undiscovered copper resources

Deposits, prospects, and permissive tracts for porphyry and sediment-hosted copper resources worldwide, with estimates of undiscovered copper resources.

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Tract name	Deposit type	Geology
Eastern Medial New Guinea Magmatic Belt, Sub-tract b	porphyry copper	Late Miocene to Pliocene-Pleistocene Medial New Guinea Magmatic Belt
Inner Melanesian Arc Terranes II - Papua New Guinea	porphyry copper	Late Cretaceous to early Miocene accreted Inner Melanesian magmatic arc terranes of New Guinea Island.
Outer Melanesian Arc II - Melanesia Area	porphyry copper	Eocene-Oligocene to late Miocene-Pliocene-Pleistocene Outer Melanesian magmatic arc and Melanesian borderlands in the Solomon Islands