Caribou Gold Mine

Past Producer in Nova Scotia, Canada with commodities Gold, Platinum

Sections on this page

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10038794
MRDS ID	M046238
Record type	Site
Current site name	Caribou Gold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-62.93473, 45.06963 (WGS84)
Relative position	40 MILES NE OF HALIFAX

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Canada	Nova Scotia

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Platinum Critical	Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

DISCOVERED IN 1910

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Sperrylite	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-62.93473, 45.06963	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Caribou Gold District

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M046238

Bibliographic references

Deposit

O'NEILL AND GUNNING, 1934, PT DEPOSITS IN CANADA: CAN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECON. GEOL. REPT. 13, P. 5

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.