A similar ore deposit was found in Northern Australia and had had microthermometry and low-temperature laser Raman spectroscopy utilized in this assemblage.
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First discovered by Dr. Werner Paar from a sample received from Hope’s Nose, Torquay, Devon, England, chrisstanleyite has since been discovered in the Pilbara region of Western Australia and in El Chire, La Rioja, Argentina.
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It was identified that the grains of chrisstanleyite were surrounded by a rim of unnamed platinum-group metals, which were too thin to extract for identification, though it is associated with a silvery-mercury alloy.