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Maple Leaf

Past Producer in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Copper, Platinum, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038703
MRDS ID M046124
Record type Site
Current site name Maple Leaf
Alternate or previous names Franklin Mining Camp

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.35948, 49.56652 (WGS84)
Relative position ON EAST BRANCH OF N. FORK OF KETTLE RIVER, 2 MILES NORTH OF MOUTH OF FRANKLIN CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Penticton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PLATINUM ASSOCIATED WITH CHALCOPYRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE ASSAYS: PT = .23 OZ TON, AU = .07 OZ/TON, AG = 4.65 OZ/TON, CU = 8.2%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.35948, 49.56652
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Grand Forks Mining Division

Production statistics

  • Year 1915
    Material CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.26 Oz Pt/T
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Platinum PGE 7g/mt
  • Year 1916
    Material CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.20 Oz Pt/T
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Platinum PGE 6g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • LOCATED BY H. W. YOUNG, OCT. 14, 1902

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O'NEILL AND GUNNING, 1934, PT DEPOSITS OF CANADA: CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECON. GEOL. REPT. 13, P. 104 - 105

  • Deposit

    DRYSDALE, 1915, FRANKLIN MINING CAMP, B. C. : CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MEM. 56, P. 80, 137, 155, 173, 174

  • Production

    O'NEILL AND GUNNING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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