Hollgate Bar Placer

Occurrence in Ferry county in Washington, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041561
MRDS ID M056650
Record type Site
Current site name Hollgate Bar Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.61306, 47.93151 (WGS84)
Relative position N SIDE COLUMBIA RV

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ferry(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whitestone Rock(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

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
028N 033E 13 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNDER FDR LK
  • Relative position info says it is on the north side of the Columbia River (the Ferry county side). Original lat/long plotted on the south side of the river in Lincoln county. Moved lat/long a few seconds north to plot in Ferry county and agree with county field.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION EARLY 1900'S

Analytical data

Result 1-5?/YD3-PAYSTREAK ON BENCH, 21.8-27?/YD ON BARS

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.61306, 47.93151

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form 2 BARS 2-3' THICK, BENCH 2 MI X 300+ FT
    Width 0.91M

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
Editor 13-JUN-2008 Schruben, Paul U.S. Geological Survey Fixed lat/long-county disagreement.

Beyond USGS

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