Pigeon River

Occurrence in Ontario, Canada with commodities Copper, Nickel, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038770
MRDS ID M046211
Record type Site
Current site name Pigeon River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.70204, 48.02861 (WGS84)
Relative position 35 MILES SOUTH OF PORT ARTHUR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grand Portage OE N(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pigeon Point(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Thunder Bay(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.70204, 48.02861

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: DIABASE & NORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Port Arthur Mining Division

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUIRING, 1962, PLATINMETALLE: ENKE VERLAG STUTTGART, P. 126

  • Deposit

    TANTON, T. L., 1937, CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, V. 58, P. 204

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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