Sunset Creek Placer

Occurrence in Clallam county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
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 10227963
MRDS ID M045076
MAS/MILS ID 0530090142
Record type Site
Current site name Sunset Creek Placer
Related records 10037877

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -124.68021, 48.00338 (WGS84)
Elevation 1
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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 029 N 015 W 19 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • 6 MI NO. OF QUILLAYUTE RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -124.68021, 48.00338

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 National Park

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-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.