Beards Hollow Placer

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

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
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
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10048487
MRDS ID	MP00076
Record type	Site
Current site name	Beards Hollow Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-124.06403, 46.30562 (WGS84)
Elevation	8
Relative position	ABOUT 1 MI WEST OF ILWACO

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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Washington	Pacific

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Willamette	010N	011W	32	SE4	Washington

Comments on the location information

LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR MINE SYMBOL SHOWN AT BEARDS HOLLOW ON TOPO MAP. REVISED TOPO MAP (1984) NO LONGER LABELS BEARDS HOLLOW, BUT SHOWS MINE SYMBOL

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

GOLD NOT MENTIONED BUT PRESUMED PRESENT

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Garnet	Ore
Hematite	Ore
Ilmenite	Ore
Magnetite	Ore
Zircon	Ore

Analytical data

Result	$.58/TON (663 PPM) 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)	-124.06403, 46.30562	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form BLANKET

General form	BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

Wave Action

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	Private

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	MP00076

Bibliographic references

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.
Deposit

HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 281.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	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.