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Yellow Banks Placer

Producer in Clallam county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Titanium, Metal, Iron
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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. 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. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109517
MRDS ID M045075
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Banks Placer
Related records 10203986

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.68742, 48.09422 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ON BEACH 2 MI SOUTH OF SAND POINT, Within 1/4 Mile Up And Down The Beach.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clallam(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Allens 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
Willamette 030N 015W 18,19 SW4 (18); NW4 (19) Washington

Comments on the location information

  • IN OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK. LOCATION GIVEN IS MOUTH OF CREEK THAT ENTERS YELLOW BANKS AREA OF BEACH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Platinum Ore

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) -124.68742, 48.09422
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRATABOUND BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shoreline Transport Processes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1900
Year of last production 1939

Mining district

District name Cape Flattery Area

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner D. J. Wright
    First year 1917

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION OF GOLD IN EARLY 1900'S AND IN 1939. REPORTEDLY SMALL BYPRODUCT PGE PRODUCTION, BUT THIS HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED

Comments on development

  • MINING WAS DONE WITH A MODIFIED ROCKER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEACH DEPOSIT OF GOLD AND PLATINUM CONCENTRATED ON SURFACE OF WAVE-CUT TERRACE IN PLEISTOCENE DRIFT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-75 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-82 Lawson, W. A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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