Leadbetter Point

Occurrence in Pacific county in Washington, United States with commodities Platinum, Gold, Iron, Chromium, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Mineral occurrence model information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10037869
MRDS ID	M045064
Record type	Site
Current site name	Leadbetter Point
Related records	10180090

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-124.05043, 46.6434 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	1000(meters)
Relative position	ON BEACH AT LEADBETTER POINT, Est Imated Within Leadbetter Point

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pacific(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Cove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Westport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Disappointment(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willapa Bay(hydrologic unit)

Washington Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Washington	Pacific

Comments on the location information

UNSURVEYED. LOCATION GIVEN IS NORTHERNMOST POINT OF LEADBETTER POINT

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chromite	Ore
Garnet	Ore
Gold	Ore
Ilmenite	Ore
Magnetite	Ore
Zircon	Ore

Analytical data

Result	TRACE AU+PT IN ANALYSIS OF NATURAL BLACK SAND

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 > Sand and Gravel

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-124.05043, 46.6434	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

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Controls for ore emplacement

Shoreline Transport Processes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Beach Sands

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M045064

Bibliographic references

Deposit

PARDEE, J.T. 1929, PLATINUM AND BLACK SAND IN WASHINGTON, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1928: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 805, P. 2.
Deposit

DAY, D.T., AND RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1905, P. 1218-1219.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JAN-75	Blair, Will N.	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-JUL-91	Peterson, Jocelyn A.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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