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Morgan Placer

Occurrence 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048036
MRDS ID M700446
Record type Site
Current site name Morgan Placer
Alternate or previous names Big Wink Creek
Related records 10158782

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.70381, 48.12284 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position Within 300 Yds Up And 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Clallam

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 030N 016W 12 NW OF NW OF NE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON BEACH 125 FT NW OF MOUTH OF BIG WINK CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Oligocene-Miocene marine rocks
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • REWORKED PLEISTOCENE GRAVELS AT HIGH TIDE LEVEL; BOULDERS TO 2 FT IN DIAMETER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner S. D. Morgan, 1940

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT 30 FT LONG, 15 FT WIDE, AND 6 FT DEEP

Comments on development

  • PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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

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