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Ozette Beach Placer

Occurrence in Clallam county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, PGE
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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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055855
MRDS ID SP00054
Record type Site
Current site name Ozette Beach Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.6902, 48.20256 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clallam(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ozette(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
031N 016W 12 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MILES NORTH OF THE MOUTH OF THE OZETTE RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
PGE Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Platinum Ore
Sand Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.6902, 48.20256
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Concentration Of Heavy Minerals By Wave Action

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cape Flattery

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PRODUCED A SMALL AMOUNT IN THE EARLY 1900'S (PARDEE, 1929; HUNTTING, 1956, P. 183). PRODUCE $15,000 FROM OZETTE AND SHI SHI PLACERS PRIOR TO 1904 (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.

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, J.B., JR., 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE PLATINUM METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 630, 120 P., 1 PL.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J.T., 1929, PLATINUM AND BLACK SAND IN WASHINGTON, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (SHORT PAPERS AND PRELIMINARY REPORTS) 1928; PART I--METALS AND NONMETALS EXCEPT FUELS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 805, P. 1-15).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEACH DEPOSIT OF GOLD AND PLATINUM CONCENTRATED ALONG THE SURFACE OF A WAVE-CUT TERRACE IN SANDSTONE (DATA FROM U.S.G.S. MRDS, 1990). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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