Shi Shi Beach Placer

Occurrence in Clallam county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Iridium, Osmium
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. 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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055857
MRDS ID SP00055
Record type Site
Current site name Shi Shi Beach Placer
Alternate or previous names Lovelace

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.68548, 48.25672 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clallam(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Makah 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Clallam

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
032N 015W 18,19,30 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILES SOUTH OF PORTAGE HEAD, NEAR THE MOUTH OF PETROLEUM CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Iridium Critical Primary
Osmium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Iridosmine Ore
Magnetite 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) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.68548, 48.25672

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Heavey-Mineral Concentration By Wave Action. Grains Of Platinum Only About A Quarter The Size Of Gold Grains; About 1% Of The Platinum Grains Are Ferromagnetic (Data From U.S.G.S. Mrds, 1990)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PRODUCED BEFORE 1904 AND, TOGETHER WITH THE OZETTE PLACER, PRODUCED MORE THAN $15,000. CONCENTRATE RAN 1,120 LB. OF ILMENITE, 96 LB. OF ZIRCON, $558.09 PET TON IN GOLD, AND $20.45 PER TON IN PLATINUM (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 182).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WDGER OFR 90-18

  • Deposit

    DAY, D.T.; RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SAND OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1905: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 1175-1258.

  • 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 SAND DEPOSIT ON A WAVE-CUT TERRACE IN SANDSTONE IS COVERED BY A THIN LAYER OF HEAVY MINERAL-RICH BLACK SAND AND A 1-3 FT. THICK LAYER OF GRAVEL AND SAND. GOLD AND PLATINUM ARE FOUND IN THE THIN HEAVY-MINERAL SAND LAYER AND IN CRACKS IN THE UNDERLYING ROCK. ; 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

Beyond USGS

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