River Urr

Occurrence in Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom with commodity 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 10038927
MRDS ID M046417
Record type Site
Current site name River Urr

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -3.82752, 54.91903 (WGS84)
Relative position MOUTH OF THE RIVER URR - 15 MILES SW OF DUMFRIES, SCOTLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dumfries and Galloway(province)

United Kingdom(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
United Kingdom Dumfries and Galloway

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -3.82752, 54.91903

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form RIVER SANDS

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: ALLUVIAL SANDS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kirkcudbrightshire

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEMP, 1902, PLATINUM AND ASSOCIATED METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 193, P. 67

  • Deposit

    GREGG AND LETTSOM, 1858, MINERALOGY OF GREAT BRITIAN, P. 245

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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