Tulameen 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. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038739
MRDS ID M046168
Record type Site
Current site name Tulameen River
Alternate or previous names Tulameen Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.50122, 49.4665 (WGS84)
Relative position AT PRINCETON 10 MI. SE TULAMEEN VILLAGE

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
Platinum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 13 OZ PT CONCENTRATE = AU .58%, PD = .31%, PT = 68.74%, IR 2.2%, RH .48%.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.50122, 49.4665

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 Similkameen Mining Div.

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 8 REPRESENTS TOTAL PRODUCTION FOR 1874 - 1945 ; ITEM 9 REPRESENTS TOTAL PRODUCTION FOR THE TULAMEEN DISTRICT 1885 - 1932.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O'NEILL AND GUNNING, 1934, PT DEPOSITS IN CANADA: CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECON. GEOL. REPT. 13, P. 94, 98

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    O'NEILL & GUNNING P. 95

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.