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

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Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -29.15977, 153.42913
dep_id: 10037858
mrds_id: M045049
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Platinum
Trace mineral: Tin, Titanium, Metal, PGE, Thorium, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Ilmenite, Monazite, Rutile, Zircon
orebody_fm: BEACH SANDS
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Sand and Gravel
disc_yr: 1878
References:
  • Deposit:: IMPERIAL INST. GR. BRITIAN, 1936, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS, P. 74
  • Deposit:: WHITWORTH, 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. 59-74
  • Production:: MERTIE (1969)
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