Note on the recent discovery of marmatite on the Wau-Edie Creek road, Wau  

Authors / CoAuthors

Thompson, J.E.

Abstract

An outcrop of marmatite (zinc sulphide) has been located within the boundaries of E.P.L.26 held by New Guinea Goldfields Limited. The following notes describe the outcrop as discovered and certain recommendations are made to assist in the evaluation of the outcrop as a base-metal orebody. Other recommendations are made embracing other known occurrences of base-metal sulphides in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea.

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• GA PublicationRecord

( Theme )

• geology

( Theme )

• mineralogy

( Theme )

• mineral deposits

• PG

Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)

• Geology

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Publication Date

1952-01-01T00:00:00

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Series Information

Record 1952/022

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[-7.5, -7.3, 146.6, 146.8]

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