Granite Creek

Past Producer in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Gold, PGE, Palladium, Osmium, Iridium, 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038750
MRDS ID M046185
Record type Site
Current site name Granite Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.68844, 49.49511 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MILES WEST 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
PGE Critical Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Osmium Tertiary
Iridium Critical Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE OF PT WEIGHING 18.26 GRAMS = PT 72%, PD .19%, OS - IR 10.57%

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.68844, 49.49511

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1876 - 1945

Mining district

District name Similkameen Mining Div.

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION FROM GRANITE CREEK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RICE, 1947, GEOL. & MIN. DEPOSITS PRINCETON AREA: CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MEM. 243, P. 59

  • Deposit

    HOLLAND, 1950, PLACER GOLD IN B. C. : B. C. DEPT. MINES BULL. 28, P. 54 - 55

  • Production

    HOLLAND 1950

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.