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Ozette Beach Placer

Past Producer in Clallam county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
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  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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037875
MRDS ID M045072
Record type Site
Current site name Ozette Beach Placer
Related records 10203947

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.69298, 48.20895 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI NORTH OF MOUTH OF OZETTE RIVER ON BEACH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clallam(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ozette(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cape Flattery(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Flattery(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hoh-Quillayute(hydrologic unit)

Washington Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Clallam

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 031N 016W 12 E2 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • IN OLYMPIC NATIONAL FOREST. ACCESS IS BY TRAIL FROM LAKE OZETTE. LOCATION GIVEN IS MOUTH OF SEAFIELD CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Platinum Ore

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) -124.69298, 48.20895
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Uplifted Beach Terrace

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shoreline Transport Processes

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEACH DEPOSIT OF GOLD AND PLATINUM CONCENTRATED ALONG SURFACE OF A WAVE-CUT TERRACE IN SANDSTONE. SOME OF THE PLACER MATERIAL HAS WORKED DOWN INTO JOINTS AND FRACTURES IN THE SANDSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cape Flattery Area

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION IN EARLY 1900'S. PRODUCTION FROM OZETTE AND SHI SHI COMBINED IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN $15,000 PRIOR TO 1904. UNVERIFIED BYPRODUCT PGE PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1982 Lawson, W.A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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