Mosquito Creek

Past Producer in British Columbia, Canada with commodity Gold
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. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10208301
MAS/MILS ID 1220100086
Record type Site
Current site name Mosquito Creek
Alternate or previous names Fording River, Sanders Zone, Cariboo, Island Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -121.56105, 53.08874 (WGS84)
Elevation 2000

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -121.56105, 53.08874

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1934
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Lyon Lake Mines Ltd. Ited
    Interest 50
    Home office Canada
    Year 1990
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mosquito Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd.
    Interest 50
    Home office Canada
    Year 1990

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Demonstrated 327000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 4.1 g/mt Gold Major 1990
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Demonstrated 395000mt ore
    Total resources 395000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 4.9 g/mt Gold Major 1990
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 0
    Demonstrated 722000mt ore
    Total resources 722000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 4.5 g/mt Gold Major 0

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1990-91, P.318

  • Reserve-Resource

    EMR CANADA, MR 223, 1989, BC-222 & 223

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAAN MINES HANDBOOK 1991-92, P.241,261

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-DEC-1994 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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