Boston Bar

Past Producer in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Gold, Platinum

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10038721
MRDS ID	M046146
Record type	Site
Current site name	Boston Bar
Alternate or previous names	Lower Fraser River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-121.42987, 49.87482 (WGS84)
Relative position	28.5 MILES BELOW LYTTON ON FRASER RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hope(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Canada	British Columbia

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Platinum Critical	Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-121.42987, 49.87482	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form STREAM GRAVELS

General form	STREAM GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	New Westminster Mining Div.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M046146

Bibliographic references

Deposit

O'NEILL AND GUNNING, 1934, PT DEPOSITS IN CANADA: CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECON. GEOL. REPT. 13, P. 101 - 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.