Point Brown Placer

Occurrence in Grays Harbor county in Washington, United States with commodity Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10156001
MRDS ID M045062
MAS/MILS ID 0530270034
Record type Site
Current site name Point Brown Placer
Related records 10037867

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -124.15687, 46.95559 (WGS84)
Elevation 2
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grays Harbor(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Point Brown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Westport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Disappointment(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Grays Harbor(hydrologic unit)

Washington Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Grays Harbor

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 017 N 012 W 15 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT REPORTED TO BE IN SECS. 15 AND 23.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -124.15687, 46.95559

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 185.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-JAN-93 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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