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Little Wink Placer

Occurrence in Clallam 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092678
MRDS ID M700444
Record type Site
Current site name Little Wink Placer
Alternate or previous names Japanese, Sand Point
Related records 10204017

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.70798, 48.12589 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position Within Several Hundred Yards Up Or Down Beach

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
Willamette 030N 016W 01 S2 OF SW Washington

Comments on the location information

  • AT MOUTH OF LITTLE WINK CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.70798, 48.12589
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • REWORKED PLEISTOCENE GRAVELS IN A BEACH PLACER

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL 42, P. 116

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEACH PLACER DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) 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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