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Penticton Garnet

Prospect in British Columbia, Canada with commodity Garnet
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096954
MRDS ID I000600
Record type Site
Current site name Penticton Garnet

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.58452, 49.49984 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oroville OE N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Penticton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT IS NEAR TOWN OF PENTICTON. LATITUDE-LONGITUDE IS FOR THE TOWN OF PENTICTON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Garnet Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.58452, 49.49984
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Polestar Exploration Inc.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Total resources 40000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Garnet Abr_G 80 wt-pct Abrasives Major 1990

Comments on development

  • A 23-HOLE DRILLING PROGRAM HAS OUTLINED A LARGE SURFICIAL GARNET DEPOSIT. ; ECON.COM: GARNET ORE IS SUITABLE FOR PROCESSING BY HIGH INTENSITY MAGNETIC SEPARATION OR OTHER SIMPLE PHYSICAL TECHNIQUES. INITIAL MARKET IS ENVISIONED IN SAND-BLASTING ABRASIVES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1990, WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 276, P. 12

  • Reserve-Resource

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1990.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS "HIGH GRADE".

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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