Cedar Creek Placer

Past Producer in Clallam county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Titanium, Metal, Chromium, Zirconium, Iron
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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048034
MRDS ID M700442
Record type Site
Current site name Cedar Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Starbuck Placer
Related records 10301887

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.6777, 48.0145 (WGS84)
Elevation 6
Relative position 10 MI NORTH OF LA PUSH.

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 029N 015W 18 E2 OF SE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • IN OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK. NEAR MOUTH OF CEDAR CREEK BY BEACH; ON ALLENS BAY QUAD AS STARBUCK MINE. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR MINE SYMBOL LABELED STARBUCK MINE ON TOPO MAP. THERE IS SOME CONFUSION AS TO SYNONYMS. PARDEE LISTS STARBUCK AS A SYNONYM FOR SUNSET CREEK PLACER (RECORD M045076) RATHER THAN FOR CEDAR CREEK PLACER (HUNTTING)

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD PARTICLES ARE SMALL AND FLAT

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result ASSAY: 2-5 PENNYWEIGHTS AU+PT/YD. PT:AU=1:5 TO 1:15

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) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Oligocene-Miocene marine rocks

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Uplifted Beach Terrace

Ore body information

  • General form STRATABOUND BLANKET
    Thickness 0.38M
    Length 121.92M
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shoreline Transport Processes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1917

Mining district

District name Cape Flattery

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Starbuck, J. M.

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED $5,000 IN AU PRIOR TO 1917. SMALL BYPRODUCT PGE PRODUCTION REPORTED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEACH PLACER IN 2-15 IN. THICK SAND LAYER ON SURFACE OF A WAVE-CUT BENCH IN CLAY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) 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.