Mc Donald Creek

Occurrence in British Columbia, Canada with commodity 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 10038711
MRDS ID M046134
Record type Site
Current site name Mc Donald Creek
Alternate or previous names Grand Forks Mining Div.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -124.75853, 54.7538 (WGS84)
Relative position A BRANCH OF FRANKLIN CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result PANNED CONCENTRATES = PT .09 OZ/TON

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -124.75853, 54.7538

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenwood Mining Div.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O'NEILL AND GUNNING, 1934, PT DEPOSITS IN CANADA: CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECON. GEOL. REPT. 13, P. 9

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.