Fraser River Gold Dredging Co.

Past Producer in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Gold, Platinum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038720
MRDS ID M046144
Record type Site
Current site name Fraser River Gold Dredging Co.
Alternate or previous names Cobledick Dredge

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.58655, 50.2726 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR LYTTON AT THOMPSON RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result BLACK SAND CONCENTRATE
Result AU = 913.0 OZ/TON, PT = 165.7 OZ/TON

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.58655, 50.2726

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM GRAVELS

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: BLACK SAND

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kamloops Mining Division

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O'NEILL AND GUNNING, 1934, PT DEPOSITS IN CANADA: CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECON. GEOL. REPT. 13, P. 10

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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