Lardeau River

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 10038713
MRDS ID M046136
Record type Site
Current site name Lardeau River
Alternate or previous names Lardeau Mining Division

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.28669, 50.50543 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR TOWN OF GERRARD

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
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result PANNED CONCENTRATES = AU .24 TO .44 OZ/TON, PT .01 TO .16 OZ/TON

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.28669, 50.50543

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

Mining district

District name Revelstoke Mining Division

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O'NEILL & GUNNING, 1934, PT DEPOSITS IN CANADA: CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECON. GEOL. REPT. 13, P. 100

  • Deposit

    HOLLAND, 1950, PLACER GOLD IN B. C. : B. C. DEPT. MINES BULL. 28, P. 53 - 54

  • 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.