Mine detail: Gira River

Previously called 'Gira River Sluicing Co.'

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Location

Lat / long: -8.31436, 147.66548

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum, Osmium, Iridium

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: LARGELY BETWEEN 1898 - 1909

Geology

References

MRDSM046367
DEP10038888
Reference{Deposit:: GRAINGER AND GRAINGER, 1974, NOTES ON 1:2,500,000 MINERAL DEPOSIT MAP PAPUA - NEW GUINEA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PAPUA - NEW GUINEA BULL. 148, P. 50}{Deposit:: *EILL AND GUNNING, 1934, ECON. GEOL. SERIES, CANADA, NO. 13, P. 128}
ReporterBlair, Will N.