Discovery

Past Producer in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Gold, Iridium, Osmium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10038747
MRDS ID M046180
Record type Site
Current site name Discovery
Alternate or previous names Pine Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -133.56538, 59.59118 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MILES N 10 E OF ATLIN ON PINE CREEK

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
Iridium Critical Tertiary
Osmium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OSMIRIDIUM GRAINS ZONED

Analytical data

Result SEE HARRIS AND CABRI (1973) FOR PT METAL ANALYSES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -133.56538, 59.59118

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Has Pre And Post Glacial Channels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1897
Discoverer Miller
Year of first production 1898

Mining district

District name Atlin District

Comments on the production information

  • 501,243 OZ AU FROM WHOLE ATLIN DISTRICT 1898 - 1936, MOST FROM PINE AND SPRUCE CREEKS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRIS AND CABRI, 1973, CAN. MINERAL., V. 12, P. 104 - 112

  • Deposit

    AITKEN, J. D., 1959, GEOL. SURV. CANADA MEM. 307

  • Deposit

    MANDY, J. T., 1936, B. C. REPT. TO MINISTER OF MINES, P. B39 - B56

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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