Commodities
PrimaryIridium, Osmium
TertiaryGold, Rhodium, Chromium, Ruthenium, Platinum, Palladium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePLACER
Deposit sizeY
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1899
Discovery year1876
Identification
Deposit ID60000939
MRDS IDM045117
Alternate names19 Mile Creek, Heazelwood, Long Plain, Wilson River, Renison Bell, Dundas, Gordon, Styx, Florentine, Spero, Birch Es Inlet, Boyes, Hamilton Range
RegionOC
Data scoreD
Coordinates-41.4961, 145.19848
References
MERTIE, J.B., JR, 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE PLATINUM METALS, USGS PROF. PAPER 630, P. 70-71REID, A. MCINTOSH, 1921, OSMIRIDIUM IN TASMANIA, TASMANIA DEPT. MINES GEOL. SURV. BULL. NO. 32, P. 123