Rainbow Creek

Past Producer in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Gold, Platinum, Iridium
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 10038756
MRDS ID M046192
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.96818, 55.14984 (WGS84)
Relative position 58 MILES SOUTH 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

  • TRIBUTARY TO NATION RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Iridium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PT MINUTE FLAT GRAINS

Analytical data

Result CONCENTRATES = PT .112 OZ/TON, IR .004 OZ/TON

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.96818, 55.14984

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM GRAVELS
    Thickness 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: BLACK SAND

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1874 -

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. 82

  • Deposit

    HOLLAND, 1950, PLACER GOLD IN B. C.: B. C. DEPT. MINES BULL. 28, P. 43

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.