Mother Lode Claim

Past Producer in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Platinum
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038738
MRDS ID M046166
Record type Site
Current site name Mother Lode Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.7188, 49.1123 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vulcan Mountain OE N(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Republic OE N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Penticton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Comments on the location information

  • Latitude/longitude modified to match British Columbia Minfile record number 082ESE034

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE AU QUARTZ VEIN = PT TRACE TO .25 OZ/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.7188, 49.1123

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1901 - 1918

Mining district

District name Grande Forks Mining Division

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL REPT. B. C. DEPT. MINE FOR 1917, P. 201

  • Deposit

    British Columbia Minfile database, 2009, Minfile record number 082ESE034.

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.