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Wheaton Creek

Occurrence in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Gold, Silver
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065854
MRDS ID TC41292
Record type Site
Current site name Wheaton Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -129.00181, 58.33316 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 831 (AU), 121 (AG)

Analytical data

Result 151,000 G AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -129.00181, 58.33316
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALL HOST ROCK TYPES ARE SUGGESTED. AU FOUND ON BEDROCK IN ALICE SHEA CREEK IS COARSE AND NUGGETTY WITH QUARTZ ADHERING TO LARGER NUGGETS; 3 TYPES OF AU CAN BE RECOGNIZED BASED ON FINENESS AND COLOR; CONCENTRATES INCLUDE MAGNETITE, NATURAL NI-FE ALLOYS, PYRITE, HEMATITE, CHROMITE, AND NATIVE COPPER; AU FOUND IN CLAYEY GRAVEL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cassiar

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Boulder Creek Mine Ltd.

Comments on the production information

  • DISCOVERED 1937; TOTAL PRODUCTION 1935-39 WAS 4,852 OZ AU FROM WHEATON AND ALICE SHEA CREEKS.

Comments on the workings information

  • DISCOVERY NUGGET ON ALICE SHEA CREEK WAS 52.75 OZ; OTHER NUGGETS TO 16 OZ.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOLLAND, 1940.

  • Deposit

    ORRIS, G.J. AND BLISS, J.D., 1985, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE VOLUME DATA ON 330 GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-213, 172 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ORRIS AND BLISS, 1985.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1985 Orris, Greta J. (Bliss, James D.) U.S. Geological Survey

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