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Morrow Placer

Past Producer in Clallam county in Washington, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047871
MRDS ID M700209
Record type Site
Current site name Morrow Placer
Related records 10253281

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.68631, 48.10006 (WGS84)
Elevation 2
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 2 MILES SOUTH OF SAND POINT., Within 1/4 Mile Up Or Down The Beach

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)

Federal lands

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Clallam

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 030N 015W 18 SW OF SW Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR YELLOW BANKS PLACER (RECORD NO. M045075).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result ASSAY: SPOTTY FINE GOLD CONTENT AUG. $4 PER YD.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.68631, 48.10006
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES ()

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEACH PLACER IN WHICH THERE IS A 2 FT LAYER OF GRAVEL REWORKED BY WAVE ACTION FROM PLEIS TO CENE GRAVEL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1932
Year of last production 1940

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. D. Morrow, 1940

Comments on the workings information

  • AN AREA 50 BY 25 FT HAS BEEN WORKED.

Comments on development

  • WORKED FROM 1932 TO 1940; BEST YEAR'S CLEANUP WAS $ 1,678.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEACH PLACER
Deposit PLACER CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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