North Saskatchewan River

Occurrence in Alberta, 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 10038783
MRDS ID M046225
Record type Site
Current site name North Saskatchewan River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.50107, 53.57576 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR EDMONTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Alberta

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.50107, 53.57576

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form RIVER SANDS

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: BLACK SANDS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Edmonton Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O'NEILL AND GUNNING, 1934, PT DEPOSITS OF CANADA: CAN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, ECON. GEOL. REPT. NO. 13, P. 75, 76

  • Deposit

    HOFFMANN, 1893, NATIVE PLATINUM: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAN. ANN. REPT. 1895, V. 6, P. 14

  • Deposit

    TRAILL, 1970, A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS: CAN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 418

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.