| Deposit ID | 10037867 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M045062 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Point Brown |
| Alternate or previous names | Damons Point |
| Related records | 10156001 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -124.17488, 46.92701 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | ON BEACH NEAR POINT BROWN, Est Imated On Point Brown |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grays Harbor(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Point Brown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Westport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Cape Disappointment(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Grays Harbor |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 017N | 012W | 15,23,27 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Platinum Critical | Primary |
| Titanium, Metal Critical | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Iron | Primary |
| Zirconium Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Garnet | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Ilmenite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Olivine | Ore |
| Zircon | Ore |
| Result | $.05/TON AU+PT IN NATURAL BLACK SAND |
|---|
| Model code | 119 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 39a |
| Deposit model name | Placer Au-PGE |
| Mark3 model number | 54 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel | ||
| |||
| (1) | -124.17488, 46.92701 |
|---|
| General form | BLANKET |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Beach Sands |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M045062 |
PARDEE, J.T., 1929, PLATINUM AND BLACK SAND IN WASHINGTON, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1928: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 805, P. 2.
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 342.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RECORD M700278 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-75 | Blair, Will N. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-82 | Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russel C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-91 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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