Hillsboro Platinum Occurrence

Occurrence in Washington county in Oregon, United States with commodity PGE
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10177821
MRDS ID M045461
MAS/MILS ID 0410670101
Record type Site
Current site name Hillsboro Platinum Occurrence
Related records 10038166

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -122.9884, 45.5242 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hillsboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tualatin(hydrologic unit)

Willamette(hydrologic accounting unit)

Willamette(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 001 N 002 W 31 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
PGE Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Alluvial deposits

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1912, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED

  • Deposit

    STATES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1911, PART 1, P. 997.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-MAY-1992 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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