Moresby Island

Past Producer in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10038732
MRDS ID	M046159
Record type	Site
Current site name	Moresby Island

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-132.00166, 52.7136 (WGS84)
Relative position	NEAR LOCKEPORT HARBOR

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
Copper	Primary
Gold	Secondary
Silver	Secondary
Platinum Critical	Tertiary
Palladium Critical	Tertiary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Bornite	Ore
Chalcopyrite	Ore

Analytical data

Result	BORNITE SAMPLE
Result	CU = 3.1%, PT = .01 OZ/TON, TRACE PD, AG 1.0 OZ/TON, AU .008 OZ/TON

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-132.00166, 52.7136	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

HR.AGE.MV: DIABASE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Queen Charlotte Mining Div.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M046159

Bibliographic references

Deposit

O'NEILL AND GUNNING, 1934, PT DEPOSITS IN CANADA: CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECON. GEOL. REPT. 13, P. 10

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.