Sowaqua Creek

Past Producer in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Gold, Silver, 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 10038742
MRDS ID M046173
Record type Site
Current site name Sowaqua Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.23457, 49.41649 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 MILES NE HOPE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Baker OE N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hope(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Comments on the location information

  • TRIBUTARY TO COQUIHALLA R.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result AU = .14 OZ/TON, PT = .00022 OZ/TON

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.23457, 49.41649

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM GRAVEL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name New Westminister Mining Div.

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION COQUIHALLA RIVER, 1874 - 1945.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O'NEILL AND GUNNING, 1934, PT DEPOSITS IN CANADA: CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECON. GEOL. REPT. 13, P. 88

  • Deposit

    HOLLAND, 1950, PLACER GOLD IN B. C. : B. C. DEPT. MINES BULL. 28, P. 42

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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