Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryPlatinum, Osmium, Iridium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeU
Ore controlS. Flowing Ancient Stream
Geology
Host rockSlate,Sandstone,Limestone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsPRODUCTION AT LEAST 1893-1964
Discovery year1887
Identification
Deposit ID10037852
MRDS IDM045042
RegionOC
Data scoreC
Coordinates-32.8507, 147.46416
References
MERTIE, J.B., JR, 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE PLATINUM METALS, USGS PROF PAPER 630, P. 71-72ORRIS, G.J., AND BLISS, J.D., 1985, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-VOLUME DATA ON 330 GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-213, 172 P.BOWMAN, H.N., RICHARDSON, S.J., AND DOLANSKI, J., 1982, NARROMINE 1:250,000 METALLIC MAP--MINE DATA SHEETS AND METALLOGENIC STUDY: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 337 P.MERTIE (1969)BOWMAN AND OTHERS, 1982.