New South Wales
Producer

Unnamed-Beach Between Richmond River and 2 Miles S. of Evans Head

New South Wales, Australia
PlatinumTinTitaniumMetalPGEThoriumGold
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Commodities
PrimaryPlatinum
TertiaryTin, Titanium, Metal, PGE, Thorium, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formBEACH SANDS
Materials
Ore mineralsIlmenite, Monazite, Rutile, Zircon
Geology
Host rockSand and Gravel
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1878
Identification
Deposit ID10037858
MRDS IDM045049
RegionOC
Data scoreD
Coordinates-29.15977, 153.42913
References
IMPERIAL INST. GR. BRITIAN, 1936, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS, P. 74WHITWORTH, H.F., 1931, THE MINERALOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE NATURAL BEACH SAND CONCENTRATES OF NEW SOUTH WALES, JOURN. PROC. ROY SOC. N.S.W., 65, PT 1, P. 59-74MERTIE (1969)