Chinaman Bar Placer

Occurrence in Grant county in Washington, United States with commodity Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055911
MRDS ID SP00123
Record type Site
Current site name Chinaman Bar Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.7928, 46.63705 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Priest Rapids NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Priest Rapids(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walla Walla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Columbia-Priest Rapids(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
013N 024E 10,11 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • AT CHINAMAN BAR ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER, 4 MILES EAST OF PREIST RAPIDS

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 > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.7928, 46.63705

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

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PRODUCED FROM 1939 TO 1941 (HUNTING, 1956, P. 185).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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