South Baining mountains, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 4° 48' 48'' South , 151° 58' 37'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -4.81349,151.97702 |
GeoHash: | G#: rrhhd7dr3 |
Köppen climate type: | Af : Tropical rainforest climate |
A mountain region in the south and south eastern area of the gazelle peninsula.
The South Baining mountains trend northwest from Mt Biririnia and south into the Solomon Sea and Wide Bay and west to the Mevloe River.
A porphry copper prospect.
No minerals currently recorded for this locality.
Regional Geology
This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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Mesozoic - Paleozoic 66 - 541 Ma ID: 3185801 | Paleozoic-Mesozoic intrusive rocks Age: Phanerozoic (66 - 541 Ma) Lithology: Intrusive igneous rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
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