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Mangles Valley

Occurrence in New Zealand with commodities Platinum, Iridium
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038217
MRDS ID M045523
Record type Site
Current site name Mangles Valley
Alternate or previous names Upper Buller

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 172.33143, -41.82985 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country
New Zealand

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Primary
Iridium Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 172.33143, -41.82985
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Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: ALLUVIAL GRAVELS

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Murchison District

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M045523

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORGAN, P.G., 1927, N.Z. GEOL. SURV., BULL. NO. 32, P. 81

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NUGGET OF 4.57 GR., SPECIFIC GRAVITY = 17.5

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey