Sixmile Placer

Occurrence in Ferry county in Washington, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041558
MRDS ID M056646
Record type Site
Current site name Sixmile Placer
Related records 10130750

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.36778, 47.97291 (WGS84)
Relative position MOUTH OF SIXMILE CK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ferry(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Spokane(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coulee Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ritzville(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

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Ferry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
029N 035E 34 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • PROBABLY UNDER FDR LK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result 8?/YD3-UPPER 2 FT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) Mesozoic granitic rocks, undivided

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TERRACE OF COLUMBIA RV

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Upper 2' Of Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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