Averill Group

Past Producer in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Platinum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098392
MRDS ID M046130
Record type Site
Current site name Averill Group
Alternate or previous names Franklin Mining Camp

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.35948, 49.56652 (WGS84)
Relative position EAST BRANCH OF NORTH FORK OF KETTLE RIVER, ONE MILE NW FRANKLIN MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Penticton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY: PT = .14 OZ/TON AVG, AU = .05 OZ/TON, AG = .69 OZ/TON

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.35948, 49.56652

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Grande Forks Mining Division

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O'NEILL AND GUNNING, 1934, PT DEPOSITS IN CANADA: CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECON. GEOL. REPT. 13, P. 105

  • Deposit

    DRYSDALE, 1915, FRANKLIN MINING CAMP, B. C. : CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MEM. 56, P. 80, 111, 137, 173

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKED IN 1910 AND 1911

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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