Murray Placer

Past Producer in Okanogan 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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056015
MRDS ID SP00260
Record type Site
Current site name Murray Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.27306, 48.10667 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trefry Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Omak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chief Joseph(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 030N 028E 11 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • KARTAR AREA
  • Original coordinates 48-06-30W 119-16-24W plotted in Douglas county. Political location is Okanogan county. Record contains little location information. Moved lat/long coords a few seconds NE to plot in Okanogan county. Did not change UTM or PLSS.

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.27306, 48.10667

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deposition Of Heavy Minerals In River Gravels.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Heavey-Mineral Concentration By Stream Action.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • THE PLACER HAS PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 188).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E.; JOSEPH, N.L.; LASMANIS, R., 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON-PRELIMINARY REPORT: STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, 577 P.

  • 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, 67 P.

  • Deposit

    PURDY, C.P., JR., 1952, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS, 1952: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 20, 75 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1991 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 13-JUN-2008 Schruben, Paul U.S. Geological Survey Fixed lat/long-county disagreement.

Beyond USGS

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