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Barnell Placer

Occurrence in Lincoln 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 10055958
MRDS ID SP00175
Record type Site
Current site name Barnell Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.70251, 47.93401 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keller Ferry(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 028N 033E 7 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • IN SWAWILLA BASIN, NEAR PLUM, 0.5 MILES BELOW THE FERRY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

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) Glaciolacustrine deposits
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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

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED $200-$400 PER WEEK IN 1938 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 187).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

    WDGER OF 90-18

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1993 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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