Kettle River, West Branch North Fork.

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 10038740
MRDS ID M046170
Record type Site
Current site name Kettle River, West Branch North Fork.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.93171, 49.06095 (WGS84)
Relative position ALONG KETTLE RIVER NORTH OF WESTBRIDGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckhorn Mountain OE N(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Republic OE N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Penticton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

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 .06 OZ/TON

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.93171, 49.06095

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. 99

  • Deposit

    HOLLAND, 1950, PLACER GOLD IN B. C. : B. C. DEPT. MINES BULL. 28, P. 36

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.