Riviere Du Loup

Occurrence in Quebec, 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 10038789
MRDS ID M046232
Record type Site
Current site name Riviere Du Loup

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.99941, 46.41663 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATION APPROXIMATE, 20 MI. SE OF QUEBEC

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lac Etchemin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Quebec(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Quebec

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.99941, 46.41663

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM BED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tributary To Chaudiere River

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNT, T. S., 1852, PLATINUM: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CANADA REPT. PROGRESS, 1851 - 1852, P. 120

  • Deposit

    O'NEILL AND GUNNING, 1934, PT DEPOSITS OF CANADA: ECON. GEOL. REPT. 13, P. 55

  • Deposit

    TRAILL, R. J., 1970, CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, PAPER 69 - 45, P. 420

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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