Sulphur deposits at Lolobau, Pangalu and Kasolali, New Britain

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

Following a report by Mr. McDougall of the existence of sulphur deposits, possibly of large dimensions, on New Britain, deposits at Lolobau, Pangalu and Kasolali were examined in the early part of June, 1950, by the Chief Geologist, accompanied by A.K.M. Edwards, Senior Geologist, Port Moresby and G.A. Taylor, Vulcanologist, Rabaul. This report gives an account of the examination and its findings.

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Title Sulphur deposits at Lolobau, Pangalu and Kasolali, New Britain
Language eng
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Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/81fd104d-d3a6-4fb6-bb33-abe92ac8991c
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Sulphur deposits at Lolobau, Pangalu and Kasolali, New Britain". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/sulphur-deposits-at-lolobau-pangalu-and-kasolali-new-britain