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Berrian Island Placer

Occurrence in Benton 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055836
MRDS ID SP00035
Record type Site
Current site name Berrian Island Placer
Alternate or previous names Goody Placer
Related records 10300720

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.25721, 45.94678 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Benton(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Umatilla(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hermiston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pendleton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Columbia-Lake Wallula(hydrologic unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Benton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
005N 028E;029E 1;6 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE NORTH BANK OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER, ELEV. 300FT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PLANT OPERATED FOR SIX WEEKS. CONCENTRATE WAS SHIPPED TO THE TACOMA SMELTER IN 1949 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 181.)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Sand and Gravel Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.25721, 45.94678
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Heavy-Mineral Concentration By Stream Action

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WDGER OFR 90-18.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS, PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 429P.; V. 2 67P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1992 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

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

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