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Sappho Property

Past Producer in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Copper, Silver, Platinum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  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 10103701
MRDS ID M046165
Record type Site
Current site name Sappho Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.7035, 49.007 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.5 MILES EAST OF MIDWAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vulcan Mountain OE N(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Republic OE N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Penticton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Comments on the location information

  • Latitude/longitude point placed on disturbance near the location used in British Columbia Minfile, Minefile number 082ESE147.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE OF CHALCOPYRITE ORE = CU 3.2%, PT .03 OZ/TON

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.7035, 49.007
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: ARGILLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1916 - 1918

Mining district

District name Greenwood Mining Div.

Comments on the production information

  • 112 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O'NEILL AND GUNNING, 1934, PT DEPOSITS IN CANADA: CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECON. GEOL. REPT. 13, P. 103 - 10

  • Production

    O'NEILL & GUNNING 1934

  • Deposit

    British Columbia Minfile, 2009, Minefile number 082ESE147

Reporter information

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

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

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