Omenica River

Occurrence 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 10038754
MRDS ID M046189
Record type Site
Current site name Omenica River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.70406, 55.7904 (WGS84)
Relative position WEST OF FINLAY FORKS

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

  • OMINECA RIVER 100 MILES IN LENGTH. PT REPORTED TO OCCUR IN ITS GRAVELS. LAT. AND LONGITUDE LOCATE RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.70406, 55.7904

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form RIVER GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Omenica Mining Division

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O'NEILL AND GUNNING, 1934, PT DEPOSITS IN CANADA: CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECON. GEOL. REPT. 13, P. 8

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.