Ferguson Creek

Occurrence in Yukon Territory*, 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038777
MRDS ID M046219
Record type Site
Current site name Ferguson Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -138.4209, 60.79029 (WGS84)
Relative position TRIBUTARY TO KASKAWULSH RIVER, 100 MILES WEST OF WHITEHORSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Saint Elias(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Yukon Territory*

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) Canada

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 Kluane Mining District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O'NEILL AND GUNNING, 1934, PT DEPOSITS IN CANADA: CAN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY: ECON. GEOL. REPT. 13, P. 10

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION APPROXIMATE

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.