Britton Creek

Prospect in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Gold, 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 10097099
MRDS ID M046176
Record type Site
Current site name Britton Creek
Alternate or previous names Eagle Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.91179, 49.53788 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 MILES WEST OF TULAMEEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hope(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.91179, 49.53788

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM PLACERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Similkameen Mining Div.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RICE, 1947, GEOL. AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PRINCETON, B. C. : CANADA DEPT. MINES MEM. 243, P. 63

  • Deposit

    HOLLAND, 1950, PLACER GOLD IN B. C. : B. C. DEPT. MINES BULL. 28, P. 54

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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