Teslin River

Prospect in Yukon Territory*, Canada with commodities Gold, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
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	10097101
MRDS ID	M046218
Record type	Site
Current site name	Teslin River
Alternate or previous names	Hootalinqua

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-134.91002, 61.61259 (WGS84)
Relative position	120 MILES NW TESLIN

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
Gold	Primary
Platinum Critical	Tertiary
Osmium	Tertiary
Iridium Critical	Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

150 OZ BLACK SAND CONCENTRATE/TON

Analytical data

Result	PT = .0128 OZ/TON
Result	OSTIR = .00042 OZ/TON

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-134.91002, 61.61259	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

HR.AGE.MV: BLACK SANDS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Prospect
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Whitehorse Area

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M046218

Bibliographic references

Deposit

O'NEILL AND GUNNING, 1934, PT DEPOSITS IN CANADA: CAN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, ECON. GEOL. REPT. 13, P. 10

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.