Mine detail: Spruce Creek

Previously called 'Tax LeaseDream LeaseLassie Creek LeaseSt. Quentin LeaseJewel LeaseLynx LeaseHard Scrabble LeaseGladstone LeasePeterboro LeaseOlalla LeaseHope FractionPoker LeaseJoker LeaseCroker LeaseBrattMorse and Co.Wolf LeaseClydesdale LeaseColpe Mining Co.Ltd.'

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Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 59.55257, -133.50205
dep_id: 10038746
mrds_id: M046179
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Iridium, Osmium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Gold, Iridosmine
conc_proc: Pt Metals Probably From Alpine Peridotites
ore_ctrl: River Grade About 3%, Red Clays Have Higher Grade
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Greenstone,Gravel
Year first produced: 1898
disc_yr: 1898
discr: Fred Marius
References:
  • Deposit:: HARRIS AND CABRI, 1973, CAN. MINERAL., V. 12, P. 104 - 112
  • Deposit:: AITKEN, J. D., 1959, GEOL. SURV. CANADA MEM. 307, P. 74 - 75
  • Deposit:: MANDY, J. T., 1936, B. C. REPT. TO MINISTER OF MINES, P. B39 - B56
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