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Cedar Creek Placer

Occurrence 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. 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 10055849
MRDS ID SP00049
Record type Site
Current site name Cedar Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Starbuck Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.67825, 48.0145 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clallam(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Allens Bay(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)

Federal lands

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Clallam

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
029N 015W 18 E2 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • 10 MILES NORTH OF LA PUSH, NEAR THE MOUTH OF CEDAR CREEK BY THE BEACH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Platinum Ore
Zircon Ore
Sand Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Oligocene-Miocene marine rocks
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Heavy-Mineral Concentrations By Wave Action. Gold And Platinum Occur In A 2-15-In.-Thick Layer Of Sand On The Surface Of A Wave Cut Bench In Clay (Huntting, 1956, P. 182).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PRODUCED A REPORTED $5,000 IN GOLD AND 5 OZ. OF PLATINUM PRIOR TO 1917 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 182).

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, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.

Reporter information

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