North Fork Lardeau River

Past Producer 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 10098393
MRDS ID M046155
Record type Site
Current site name North Fork Lardeau River
Alternate or previous names Lardeau Mining Division

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.10807, 50.41848 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOVE TOWN OF POPLAR CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result PANNED CONCENTRATES = AU .36 TO 2.80 OZ/TON, PT .03 TO .11 OZ/TON

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.10807, 50.41848

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1896 - 1945

Mining district

District name Revelstoke Mining Division

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION FOR LARDEAU RIVER 1896 - 1945.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O'NEILL AND GUNNING, 1934, PT DEPOSITS IN CANADA: CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECON. GEOL. REPT. 13, P. 100

  • Deposit

    HOLLAND, 1950, PLACER GOLD IN B. C. : B. C. DEPT. MINES BULL. 28, P. 52 - 54

  • Production

    HOLLAND 1950

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.