Berrian Island Placer

Past Producer in Benton 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 10300720
MRDS ID SP00035
MAS/MILS ID 0530050003
Record type Site
Current site name Berrian Island Placer
Alternate or previous names Goody Placer
Related records 10055836

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -119.2453, 45.94674 (WGS84)
Elevation 91
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Benton(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hat Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hermiston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pendleton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Columbia-Lake Wallula(hydrologic unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Benton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 005 N 029 E 06 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO LOCATED IN SEC. 1; NOTE: THIS SITE IS NOW UNDER LAKE WALLULA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -119.2453, 45.94674

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
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

    METALLIC MINERALS, P. 181.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-JUN-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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