Pomeroy

Occurrence in Garfield county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Iron, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium
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. 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. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037866
MRDS ID M045060
Record type Site
Current site name Pomeroy
Related records 10277215

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.60023, 46.47679 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
Relative position AT POMEROY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pomeroy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clarkston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Snake-Tucannon(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 012N;012N 041E;042E Washington

Comments on the location information

  • HUNTTING INDICATES LOCATION IS UNCERTAIN. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR PATAHA CREEK ON EAST SIDE OF POMEROY AT BOUNDARY OF SECS. 32 AND 33

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Zircon Ore

Analytical data

Result $17.36/TON AU+PT IN CONCENTRATE, CONCENTRATION FACTOR UNKNOWN

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 > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Miocene volcanic rocks

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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