Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiaryIridium, Osmium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlRiver Grade About 3%, Red Clays Have Higher Grade
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Iridosmine
Geology
Host rockGreenstone,Gravel
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1898
Discovery year1898
Identification
Deposit ID10038746
MRDS IDM046179
Alternate namesTax Lease, Dream Lease, Lassie Creek Lease, St. Quentin Lease, Jewel Lease, Lynx Lease, Hard Scrabble Lease, Gladstone Lease, Peterboro Lease, Olalla Lease, Hope Fraction, Poker Lease, Joker Lease, Croker Lease, Bratt, Morse and Co., Wolf Lease, Clydesdale Lease, Colpe Mining Co., Ltd.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates59.55257, -133.50205
References
HARRIS AND CABRI, 1973, CAN. MINERAL., V. 12, P. 104 - 112AITKEN, J. D., 1959, GEOL. SURV. CANADA MEM. 307, P. 74 - 75MANDY, J. T., 1936, B. C. REPT. TO MINISTER OF MINES, P. B39 - B56