Moclips Placer

Occurrence in Grays Harbor county in Washington, United States with commodities REE, Thorium, Chromium, Gold, Silver, Platinum, Iron, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088847
MRDS ID M700274
Record type Site
Current site name Moclips Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.21795, 47.24006 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position AT MOCLIPS., Within 500 Yds Up Or Down The Beach.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grays Harbor(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moclips(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Copalis Beach(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Copalis Beach(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Grays Harbor

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 020N 012W 07 E2 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • IN COPALIS ROCK WILDLIFE REFUGE. LOCATION GIVEN IS BEACH AT MOCLIPS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary
Thorium Primary
Chromium Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Iron Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Monazite Ore
Zircon Ore
Olivine Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAY OF NATURAL BEACH SAND: 715 LB/TON MONAZITE, 24 LB/TON CR, 82 LB/TON ILMENITE, AND $O.17 AU+PT/TON.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.21795, 47.24006

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Beach Transportation Processes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD M045061 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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