Whipsaw Creek

Past Producer in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Gold, 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 10103698
MRDS ID M046138
Record type Site
Current site name Whipsaw Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.56789, 49.37539 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 MILES SOUTH OF PRINCETON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Robinson Mountain OE N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hope(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.56789, 49.37539

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1890 - 1945

Mining district

District name Similkameen Mining Div.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOLLAND, 1950, PLACER GOLD IN B. C. : B. C. DEPT. MINES BULL. 28, P. 55

  • Deposit

    RICE, 1947, GEOL. AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PRINCETON, B. C. : CANADA DEPT. MINES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MEM. 243, P. 61

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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