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Fort Canby

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037872
MRDS ID M045067
Record type Site
Current site name Fort Canby
Related records 10302029

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.05264, 46.2834 (WGS84)
Relative position SHORE OF BAKER BAY NEAR FORT CANBY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pacific(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cape Disappointment(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ilwaco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Disappointment(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Pacific

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 009N 011W 09 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • IN FORT CANBY STATE PARK. AT MOUTH OF COLUMBIA RIVER. LOCATION GIVEN IS SHORELINE AT FORT CANBY

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result $.81/TON AU+PT IN 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) -124.05264, 46.2834
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Beach 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

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Reference information

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

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 189.

  • 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 UNTIED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1905, P. 1218-1219.

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.

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