Thistle Creek

Occurrence in Yukon Territory*, 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 10038774
MRDS ID M046215
Record type Site
Current site name Thistle Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -139.45251, 63.06644 (WGS84)
Relative position 70 MILES SOUTH OF DAWSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Yukon Territory*

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result PT TO 3%

Nearby scientific data

(1) -139.45251, 63.06644

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 Yukon River Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUIRING, 1962, PLATINMETALLE: ENKE VERLAG STUTTGART, P. 130

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.