Mount Ida

Occurrence in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Platinum, Gold
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. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038735
MRDS ID M046162
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Ida
Alternate or previous names Mountain View Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.24426, 50.66652 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES SE SALMON ARM

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
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result VEIN SAMPLES: PT = .02 TO .20 OZ/TON, AU = .08 TO .38 OZ/TON

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.24426, 50.66652

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kamloops Mining Division

Reference information

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.