Porcher Island

Occurrence in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal, Vanadium
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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090533
MRDS ID D000211
Record type Site
Current site name Porcher Island

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -130.25167, 53.99975 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

British Columbia(province)

Canada(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -130.25167, 53.99975

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DISSEMINATIONS AND BONDS OF TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE IN HORNBLENDITE-PYROXENITE (ROSE, 1970)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CONCENTRATES TO 60% FE, 0.3-1.5% TIO2, 0.3-0.9% V2O5 (ROSE, 1970)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSE, E. R., 1970, CANADA G. S., PAPER 69-54

  • Deposit

    ROSE, E. R., 1973, CANADA G. S., ECON. GEOL. REPT. 27

  • Reserve-Resource

    ROSE, 1970

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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