Rogers Bar Placer

Producer in Ferry county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037876
MRDS ID M045074
Record type Site
Current site name Rogers Bar Placer
Related records 10055893, 10130819

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.23778, 48.08874 (WGS84)
Relative position WEST BANK OF COLUMBIA RIVER, 2 MI BELOW HUNTERS, 9 MI SOUTH OF COVADA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ferry(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hunters(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nespelem(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Ferry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 030N 036E 23 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON COLEVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION ABOVE HOG ISLAND. LAND IS NOW INUNDATED BY FDR LAKE AND IS PART OF COULEE DAM NATIONAL RECREATION AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FLOUR GOLD.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result $0.01-0.50/YD AU. TRACE PT REPORTEDLY FOUND IN ASSAY OF 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 > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.23778, 48.08874

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BARS
    Length 5632.55M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • EARLY WORK WAS DONE BY ROCKERS

Comments on development

  • 4 OPERATORS WERE WORKING IN 1934 AND APPARENTLY PRODUCING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEST VALUES WERE IN BARS EXPOSED AT LOW WATER LEVELS. THREE BARS 30, 75, AND 100 FT ABOVE RIVER
Deposit RECORD M056064 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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