Peace River

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 10038743
MRDS ID M046174
Record type Site
Current site name Peace River
Alternate or previous names Gold Bar, Branham Flat

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.56816, 56.14987 (WGS84)
Relative position 28 MILES WEST OF HUDSON HOPE ON PEACE 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

Comments on the location information

  • BENCHES BOTH SIDES OF RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.56816, 56.14987

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM GRAVELS
    Thickness 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1881 - 1885, 1926 - 1945

Mining district

District name Peace River Mining Division

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION FROM PEACE RIVER BARS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O'NEILL AND GUNNING, 1934, PT DEPOSITS IN CANADA: CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECON. GEOL. REPT. 13, P. 83

  • Deposit

    HOLLAND, 1950, PLACER GOLD IN B. C. : B. C. DEPT. MINES BULL. 28, P. 47

  • Production

    HOLLAND 1950

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.