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Waria River Region

Producer in Papua New Guinea with commodities Gold, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038881
MRDS ID M046360
Record type Site
Current site name Waria River Region
Alternate or previous names Bowutu Mountains

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 147.49882, -7.91439 (WGS84)
Relative position ON WARIA RIVER BETWEEN TAMANAGOSA AND THE RIVERMOUTH
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Geographic areas

Country
Papua New Guinea

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Secondary
Osmium Secondary
Iridium Secondary
Ruthenium Secondary
Rhodium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iridosmine Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 147.49882, -7.91439
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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 Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Papua Ultramafic Belt

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M046360

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOW AND DAVIES, 1964, THE GEOLOGY OF THE BOWUTU MTNS., NEW GUINEA BUR. MIN. RES. GEOL. AND GEOPHYSICS, REPT. NO. 75, P. 24 - 25

  • Deposit

    HARRIS, AND CABRI, 1973, CANADIAN MINERAL: V. 12, P. 104 - 112

  • Deposit

    GRAINGER AND GRAINGER, 1974, NOTES ON THE 1:2,500,000 MINERAL DEPOSIT MAP, PAPUA - NEW GUINEA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NEW GUINEA BULL. 148, P. 52

  • Production

    DOW AND DAVIES 1964

Reporter information

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