Pacific Nickel Mines

Producer in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Nickel, Copper, 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 10038748
MRDS ID M046181
Record type Site
Current site name Pacific Nickel Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.31791, 49.4376 (WGS84)
Relative position 75 MI. E. VANCOUVER, 7 MI. NE HOPE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Baker OE N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hope(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.31791, 49.4376

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PARSNIP - SHAPED
    Width 2413.95M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name New Westminster Mining Div.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, 1969, ECON. GEOL. PT: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 630, P. 28

  • Deposit

    AHO, 1956, GEOL. NI - CU PAC. NICKEL PROPERTY, B. C. : ECON. GEOL. V. 51, P.

  • Production

    MERTIE 1969

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.