Osmium (original) (raw)
- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Albania
- Kukës County
- Tropojë
Australia
- New South Wales
- Clarke Co.
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-512739.html) [Oban](/loc-103.html)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1014119.html) [Sam river alluvials](/loc-272122.html)
- Cunningham Co.
- Kennedy Co.
- Fifield
* [ⓘ](/locentry-1631607.html) [Owendale Complex](/loc-442507.html)
- Richmond Co.
- Evans Head
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-509826.html) [Shelly Beach](/loc-179464.html)
- Tasmania
- Derwent Valley municipality
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-860655.html) [Halls Open Cut](/loc-253350.html)
- Huon Valley municipality
- Huon-Channel region
- Weld river district
- Huon-Channel region
- Waratah-Wynyard municipality
- Corinna-Savage River district
- Corinna
- Corinna-Savage River district
* Heazlewood district
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-427472.html) [Bald Hill osmiridium field](/loc-132652.html)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-767268.html) [Heazlewood River](/loc-236692.html)
- West Coast municipality
- Rosebery district
- Western Australia
- Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire
- Ora Banda Goldfield
- Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire
- Menzies Shire
- Mount Ida Goldfield
Austria
- Styria
- Leoben District
- Sankt Stefan ob Leoben
- Mitterberg
- Sankt Stefan ob Leoben
- Leoben District
Brazil
33rd International Geological Congress (2008)
- Goiás
- Niquelândia
Bulgaria
- Blagoevgrad Province
- Blagoevgrad Municipality
- Burgas Province
- Kameno Municipality
Canada
- British Columbia
- Atlin Mining Division
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1011574.html) [Spruce Creek](/loc-257276.html)
* Surprise Lake
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-109613.html) [Ruby Creek](/loc-18878.html)
- Cariboo Mining Division
- Likely
BC Government Mining Report - 1918
- Liard Mining Division
- Dease Lake
- Lillooet Mining Division
- Similkameen Mining Division
- Tulameen
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-792415.html) [Tulameen River](/loc-24353.html)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-986591.html) [Lincoln Mine](/loc-14839.html)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-899863.html) [Placer Deposits](/loc-494.html)
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Newfoundland
- Baie Verte Peninsula
- Newfoundland
- Québec
- Chaudière-Appalaches
- Les Appalaches RCM
- Thetford Mines
- Les Appalaches RCM
- Chaudière-Appalaches
* Robert-Cliche RCM
* Beauceville
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1003345.html) [Rivière des Plantes placer](/loc-194558.html)
J.J. O'Neill and H.C. Gunning et al. (Pg. 55)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1008866.html) [Rivière-du-Loup](/loc-244533.html)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1008865.html) [Rivière Linière](/loc-244532.html)
- Yukon
- Watson Lake mining district
- Whitehorse mining district
- Kluane District
Chile
González-Jiménez et al. (2016)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1567199.html) [La Cabaña serpentinites](/loc-432795.html)
China
- Hebei
- Chengde
- Chengde County
- Chengde
Bilun Luo (1979) +1 other reference
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1005305.html) [Kashinite occurrence](/loc-225326.html)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-703518.html) [Maying village](/loc-5450.html)
- Hunan
- Huaihua
- Yuanling Co.
- Yuan river placers (Yuanjiang placers)
- Yuanling Co.
- Huaihua
- Inner Mongolia
- Hohhot City (Huhehaote Prefecture)
- Wuchuan County
- Hohhot City (Huhehaote Prefecture)
- Tibet
- Nagchu Prefecture (Naqu Prefecture)
- Amdo Co. (Anduo Co.)
- Nagchu Prefecture (Naqu Prefecture)
* Dongqiao ophiolite (Donqiao ophiolite)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1002205.html) [Dongqiao Cr-PGE deposit](/loc-134563.html)
- Shannan Prefecture (Lhokha Prefecture; Lhoka Prefecture)
- Nêdong Co. (Naidong Co.; Zedang Co.)
Guo et al. (2016) +1 other reference
* Qusum Co. (Qusong Co.)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-739543.html) [Luobusha ophiolite ("Luobusa ophiolite")](/loc-5457.html)
- Xinjiang
- Changji Autonomous Prefecture (Sanji Autonomous Prefecture)
- Manasi Co. (Manas Co.)
- Changji Autonomous Prefecture (Sanji Autonomous Prefecture)
- Yunnan
- Chuxiong
- Yuanmou County
- Chuxiong
- Dali
Colombia
Costa Rica
- Guanacaste Province
- Nicoya Canton
Federica Zaccarini et al. (2010)
Czech Republic
- Hradec Králové Region
- Trutnov District
- Dolní Olešnice
- Vestřev
- Dolní Olešnice
- Trutnov District
Ecuador
- Carchi Province
- Awa Indian Preserve
- Esmeraldas Province
Ethiopia
- Benishangul-Gumuz Region
- Asosa Zone
- Oromia Region
- West Welega Zone
Kebede H. Belete +1 other reference
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-339129.html) [Bir Bir River](/loc-99784.html)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-935592.html) [Joubdo Stream](/loc-265571.html)
Finland
Törroos Ragnar +1 other reference
Stanislav S. Gornostayev (2000)
France
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Ain
- Belley
- Loyettes
- Belley
- Ain
* Murs-et-Gélignieux
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1274670.html) [Courdan gravel pit](/loc-308028.html)
* Bourg-en-Bresse
* Lescheroux
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1226351.html) [Reyssouze River placer](/loc-301104.html)
- Rhône
- Lyon
- Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu
- Lyon
- Savoie
- Chambéry
- Marcieux
- Chambéry
Ducluzaux (2021) +1 other reference
- New Caledonia
- Southern Province
- Pirogues River
- Southern Province
Economic Geology: 89: 1454-1468 +1 other reference
* Yaté
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1237633.html) [Ni River estuary](/loc-302655.html)
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Bouches-du-Rhône
- Aix-en-Provence
- Peyrolles-en-Provence
- Aix-en-Provence
- Bouches-du-Rhône
Y. Moëlo : "Compte-rendu de la ... +2 other references
* Istres
* Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1491422.html) [Napoléon beach](/loc-308032.html)
Germany
- Bavaria
- Lower Bavaria
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1477068.html) [Unnamed placers](/loc-418844.html)
- Rhineland-Palatinate
- Germersheim
- Jockgrim
- Rheinzabern
- Jockgrim
- Germersheim
Greece
www.researchgate.net (n.d.) +1 other reference
Economou-Eliopoulos et al. (2019)
Argirios Kapsiotis et al. (2011)
- Western Macedonia
- Grevena
- Grevena
- Grevena
Auge (1985) +1 other reference
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-892671.html) [Voidolakkos](/loc-258193.html)
- Kozani
- Voio
India
- Odisha
- Keonjhar District
Canadian Mineralogist 40:277-309
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1277731.html) [Nuasahi Complex](/loc-29896.html)
Indonesia
- South Kalimantan Province
- Banjar Regency
Frank Keutsch specimen +1 other reference
Iran
- Kerman Province
- Jiroft County
- Esfandaqeh
- Jiroft County
Japan
- Hokkaidō Prefecture
- Kamikawa Subprefecture
- Shibetsu City
- Kamikawa Subprefecture
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-514260.html) [Teshio gold-PGM placers](/loc-53675.html)
Urashima et al (1972) +1 other reference
* Uryu District
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-995175.html) [Uryugawa](/loc-108080.html)
Masutomi Museum specimen (Kyoto)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-821270.html) [Horokanai placer](/loc-2185.html)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1012578.html) [Tadoshi](/loc-264024.html)
- Rumoi Subprefecture
- Obira (Rumoi District)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1365397.html) [Obirashibe River](/loc-343943.html)
Dr Daisuke Nishio-Hamane +1 other reference
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1524206.html) [Obira coast](/loc-426247.html)
* Tomamae District
* Haboro
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1524228.html) [Ainusawa River](/loc-343942.html)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1524158.html) [Moshosanbetsu River](/loc-426246.html)
* Shosanbetsu
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1569538.html) [Minamichiyoda](/loc-311100.html)
* Tomamae
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1524109.html) [Tomamae coast](/loc-358696.html)
- Sorachi Subprefecture
- Numata
Dr Daisuke Nishio-Hamane +1 other reference
* Yubari District
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-995018.html) [Yubari placers](/loc-108012.html)
- Sōya Subprefecture
- Esashi District
Mitsubishi Corporation mineral ...
Kazakhstan
- Aktobe Region
- Kargaly District
doi.org (n.d.) +2 other references
* Main ore field
* Dzharlybutak Ore Group
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1557658.html) [Almaz-Zhemchuzhina deposit](/loc-431186.html)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1557697.html) [Geofizicheskoe-VII deposit](/loc-431187.html)
Morocco
- Drâa-Tafilalet Region
Myanmar
- Sagaing Region
- Monywa District
Hagen et al. (1990) +1 other reference
New Zealand
- Tasman Region
- Collingwood
Norway
- Trøndelag
- Leka
Pedersen et al. (1993) +1 other reference
- Røros
- Vestland
Oman
- Al Buraimi Governorate
- Northern Oman Ophiolite
Papua New Guinea
- Central Province
- Port Moresby area
- Enga Province
Mineralogy and Petrology 68:159-176 (2000)
- Oro Province
[AmMin 85:1325] +1 other reference
Philippines
- Visayas
- Eastern Visayas Region
- Samar Island
- Eastern Visayas Region
Russia
- Altai Republic
- Turochaksky District
Nesterenko +4 other references
- Amur Oblast
- Bashkortostan
- Burzyansky District
- Kraka ophiolite
- Burzyansky District
- Uchalinsky District
Pavel M. Kartashov analytical data 2018
- Buryatia
- Baunt District
- Vitim Plateau
- Baunt District
- Okinsky District
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1472698.html) [Kitoy River placers](/loc-418230.html)
- Chelyabinsk Oblast
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1291141.html) [Kialim placer](/loc-310389.html)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1291159.html) [Maly Iremel placer](/loc-310390.html)
- Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
- Bilibinsky District
- Kolyma area
- Bilibinsky District
* Baimka River
* Aluchinskii Massif (Aluchin horst)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-844589.html) [Baimka placer deposit](/loc-5766.html)
- Pekul'ney Range (Pekul'nei Range)
- Northern Pekul'ney River (Northern Pekul'nei River; Northern Pekul'neyveem River)
- Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Berdnikov et al. (2020) +1 other reference
- Kamchatka Krai
- Koryak Okrug
* Karaginsky District
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-35202.html) [Pustaya River](/loc-6467.html)
* Olyutorsky district
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1409468.html) [Epilchik mafic-ultramafic complex](/loc-389180.html)
* Korf
* [ⓘ](/locentry-1462410.html) [Gal'moenan ultrabasic massif](/loc-212740.html)
Sidorov et al. (2004) +3 other references
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1462794.html) [Ledyanoy Creek placer](/loc-72192.html)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1462277.html) [Levtyrinyvayam River placer](/loc-416261.html)
Tolstykh et al. (2004) +1 other reference
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1462285.html) [Penisty Creek placer](/loc-416262.html)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1502513.html) [Matysken complex](/loc-423457.html)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1502548.html) [Matysken River](/loc-423458.html)
Kutyrev et al. (2020) +1 other reference
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1276907.html) [Prizhimny Creek](/loc-308157.html)
* Ust'-Bel'skii ultrabasic Massif
* [ⓘ](/locentry-126075.html) [Tolovka River placer](/loc-19881.html)
- Sobolevsky District
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-116180.html) [Mount Filipp](/loc-20429.html)
Pekov (1998) +1 other reference
- Ust-Kamchatsky District
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1643999.html) [Unspecified Pt-Au placer](/loc-445251.html)
Pavel M. Kartashov analytical data
- Kemerovo Oblast
Nesterenko +7 other references
- Khabarovsk Krai
- Ayan-Maya district
Pekov (1998) +2 other references
* [ⓘ](/locentry-20110.html) [Konder alkaline-ultrabasic massif](/loc-4435.html)
- Pravo-Sooliysk gold-bearing ore-placer cluster
- Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Novgorodova et al. (1995) +1 other reference
- Lysanskiy dunite-peridotite-gabbro complex
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1440476.html) [River Ko placer deposit](/loc-411982.html)
Barkov et al. (2021) +1 other reference
- Maimecha and Kotui Rivers Basin
Malitch K.N. et al. (2001) +1 other reference
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-846727.html) [Gulinskii massif (Guli)](/loc-125565.html)
Pavel.M. Kartashov (n.d.) +1 other reference
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-979577.html) [Burlakovsky placer](/loc-273106.html)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-979576.html) [Ingaringda placer](/loc-273105.html)
- Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug
- Taimyr Peninsula
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1524454.html) [Unga placer deposit](/loc-426275.html)
- Western Sayan range
- Yermakovsky District
Barkov et al. (2019) +1 other reference
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1238460.html) [River Rudnaya](/loc-302657.html)
- Murmansk Oblast
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1643634.html) [Nyud-2 deposit](/loc-250672.html)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-574212.html) [Sopcheozerskoe deposit (Sopcheozero)](/loc-48414.html)
- Serpentinite Belt
- Primorsky Krai
- Dalnegorsk Urban District
- Dalnegorsk
- Dalnegorsk Urban District
- Khanka lake
- Aldan
Pekov (1998) +2 other references
- Anabar River basin
Okrugin et al. (2023) +1 other reference
- Sayan Mountains
- Sverdlovsk Oblast
- Alapayevsk Urban Okrug
- Kachkanar
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1606178.html) [Veresovoborsky intrusion](/loc-439498.html)
- Nizhneserginsky District
* Svetly Bor
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1521391.html) [Glubokinskoe placer](/loc-308165.html)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1521398.html) [Travyanistyi placer](/loc-308164.html)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1521410.html) [Vershinniy placer](/loc-425852.html)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1565526.html) [Veresovka River](/loc-432615.html)
- Novolyalinsky District
Novouralsk
Prigorodny District
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-110871.html) [Aleksandrov Log Pt deposit](/loc-19323.html)
- Yekaterinburg
Garuti et al. (2002) +2 other references
- Tuva
- Kaa-Khemsky District
- Kaakhem ophiolite belt
- Kaa-Khemsky District
- Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Serbia
- Central Serbia
- Rasina District
- Trstenik
- Veluće
- Trstenik
- Rasina District
Sierra Leone
Slovakia
- Košice Region
- Košice-okolie District
- Jasov
- Košice-okolie District
South Africa
- Limpopo
- Sekhukhune District Municipality
- Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality
- Sekhukhune District Municipality
* Steelpoort
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1524469.html) [Onverwacht Mine](/loc-17288.html)
Tanzania
- Njombe Region
Turkey
- Hatay Province
- Arsuz
- Muğla Province
- Menteşe District
- Muğla ophiolite
- Menteşe District
UK
* [ⓘ](/locentry-108879.html) [Unst](/loc-3021.html)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1266289.html) [Cliff Quarry](/loc-18786.html)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1266283.html) [Harold's Grave Quarry](/loc-18787.html)
Prichard et al. (1988) +1 other reference
USA
- Alaska
- Bethel Census Area
- Goodnews Bay
- Bethel Census Area
Canadian Mineralogist: 22: 543-552.
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-966458.html) [Clara Creek](/loc-196940.html)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-162239.html) [Dowry Creek mine](/loc-31371.html)
USGS Open-File Report 01-269 +1 other reference
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-109051.html) [Fox Gulch](/loc-3286.html)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-162267.html) [Platinum Creek](/loc-18958.html)
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1001408.html) [Jaguar Prospect](/loc-198199.html)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1001432.html) [Lexus Prospect](/loc-198491.html)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1001465.html) [Mount Burnett Zone Prospect](/loc-199006.html)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1001478.html) [North Zone Prospect](/loc-199178.html)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1001667.html) [West Cobra; East Cobra Prospects](/loc-202861.html)
Silliman et al. (1873c) +1 other reference
- Calaveras County
- East Belt
- Mokelumne Hill Mining District
- Mokelumne Hill
- Mokelumne Hill Mining District
- East Belt
- Del Norte County
- Coastal Range
Hittell (1868) +1 other reference
- Humboldt County
- Eureka
- Humboldt Bay
- Eureka
Richthofen (1865) +1 other reference
* Klamath Mountains
* Willow Creek Mining District
* Willow Creek (China Flat)
* China Flat
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1003615.html) [Unnamed PGE occurrence \[1\]](/loc-212697.html)
Horton (1912) +1 other reference
- Mariposa County
- West Belt
- Hornitos Mining District
- Quartzburg
- Quartzburg School
- Quartzburg
- Hornitos Mining District
- West Belt
- Mendocino County
- Coastal Range
- Calpella
- Coastal Range
Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 41. +2 other references
- Nevada County
- North San Juan Mining District
- North San Juan
- North San Juan Mining District
Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 45 +2 other references
- Placer County
- Emigrant Gap Mining District (Blue Canyon Mining District)
- Texas Hill
- Emigrant Gap Mining District (Blue Canyon Mining District)
Genth (1852) +2 other references
- Plumas County
- Edmanton Mining District (Meadow Valley Mining District)
- Gopher Hill
- Edmanton Mining District (Meadow Valley Mining District)
Crawford (1894) +1 other reference
- Sacramento County
- Folsom Mining District
- Folsom
- Folsom Mining District
Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 43. +2 other references
- Shasta County
- Cottonwood Creek
Mining and Scientific Press (1901) +1 other reference
* Klamath Mountains
* Harrison Gulch Mining District
* Platina
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-777674.html) [Olympia Placer Mine](/loc-92841.html)
- Trinity County
- Klamath Mountains
- Junction City Mining District
- Junction City
- Junction City Mining District
- Klamath Mountains
Horton (1912) +1 other reference
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-808231.html) [Placer Development Company Mine](/loc-96765.html)
* Salmon Mountains
* North Fork Mining District
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-131690.html) [North Fork Trinity River Canyon](/loc-23351.html)
Petrov (n.d.) +1 other reference
* Weaverville District
* Douglas City
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-668672.html) [Trinity River placer](/loc-96954.html)
Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 45 +2 other references
* Willow Creek Mining District
* Salyer
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-994114.html) [Koon Ranch placer deposit](/loc-96544.html)
- Tuolumne County
- Stanislaus
Genth (1852) +2 other references
- Yuba County
- Hammonton Mining District (Yuba River Mining District)
- Hammonton
- Hammonton Mining District (Yuba River Mining District)
Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 45 +2 other references
- Nevada
- Clark County
- New York Mountains
- Crescent Mining District
- New York Mountains
- Clark County
- New Mexico
- Sierra County
- Hillsboro Mining District
- Sierra County
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-1459698.html) [Las Animas Placer District](/loc-33158.html)
- Curry County
- Beach Area
* Sixes River Mining District
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-998184.html) [Corbin Property](/loc-148278.html)
* [](#themap) [ⓘ](/locentry-998190.html) [Divelbiss No. 2](/loc-148567.html)
- Jackson County
- Applegate Mining District
- Josephine County
- Josephine Creek Mining District
- Pennsylvania
- Lancaster County
Smith et al. (2008) +1 other reference
- Washington
- Clallam County
Derkey et al. (1990, November) +1 other reference
Zimbabwe
- Midlands
- Shurugwi District