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Gone Busted Placer

Occurrence in Benton 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055837
MRDS ID SP00036
Record type Site
Current site name Gone Busted Placer
Alternate or previous names Goody Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.65555, 45.89123 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Benton(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West of Paterson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hermiston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pendleton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Columbia-Lake Wallula(hydrologic unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Benton

Comments on the location information

  • ON BLALOCK ISLAND IN THE COLUMBIA RIVER NEAR PATTERSON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Sand and Gravel Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.65555, 45.89123
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Heavy Mineral Concentration By Stream Action

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WDGER OFR 90-18

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A DRY LAND WASHING PLANT FROM 1938 TO 1940 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 181)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1992 Frank, Dave 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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