Hoquiam

Occurrence in Grays Harbor county in Washington, United States with commodities Platinum, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037868
MRDS ID M045063
Record type Site
Current site name Hoquiam
Alternate or previous names Cow Point
Related records 10228656

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.87876, 46.9709 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ON BEACH NEAR TOWN OF HOQUIAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grays Harbor(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hoquiam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chehalis River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hoquiam(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Grays Harbor(hydrologic unit)

Washington Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Grays Harbor

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 017N 010W 11 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS MOUTH OF HOQUIAM RIVER AT HOQUIAM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Garnet Ore
Gold Ore
Magnetite Ore
Olivine Ore
Zircon Ore

Analytical data

Result $.02/TON AU+PT IN NATURAL BLACK SAND

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.87876, 46.9709

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shoreline Transport Processes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Beach Sands

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-75 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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