River Lewes

Occurrence in Yukon Territory*, Canada with commodity Platinum

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10038782
MRDS ID	M046224
Record type	Site
Current site name	River Lewes
Alternate or previous names	River Lewis

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Approximate
Geographic coordinates:	-135.508, 63.63193 (WGS84)
Relative position	TRIBUTARY TO THE YUKON

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

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1)	-135.508, 63.63193	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form STREAM GRAVELS

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

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M046224

Bibliographic references

Deposit

MIN. RES. OF CANADA, 1903: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, NO. 818, P. 12
Deposit

LUMB, 1920, THE PT METALS: IMPERIAL INSTITUTE, LONDON, P. 26

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.