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Noa Dihing River

Producer in Assam, India with commodities Gold, Platinum, Iridium, Osmium
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038986
MRDS ID M046485
Record type Site
Current site name Noa Dihing River
Alternate or previous names Lakhimpur

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 95.99992, 27.54898 (WGS84)
Relative position 70 MILES SE OF SADIYA IN N. ASSAM
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Geographic areas

Country State
India Assam

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Tertiary
Iridium Tertiary
Osmium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCALE OF PT WEIGHED .003 OZ, SCALE OF IRIDOSMINE WEIGHED .0019 OZ. PLATINUM OCCURED AS MINUTE FLATTENED GRAINS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iridosmine Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 95.99992, 27.54898
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1881
Discoverer Colonels Dalton And Hannay

Mining district

District name Noa Dihing Valley

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M046485

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALL, 1881, A MANUAL OF THE GEOL. OF INDIA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, V. 3, P. 168

  • Deposit

    BROWN AND DEY, 1955, INDIA'S MIN. WEALTH: OXFORD PRESS, P. 142

  • Deposit

    RUDRA, 1904, MINERAL RES. OF BRITISH INDIA: AIME, V. 34, P. 825

  • Deposit

    CHATTERJEE, 1960, ANNOTATED INDEX OF INDIAN MINERAL OCCURRENCES PART II: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, P. 412, 413

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey