Hammond-Mcgowan-Columbia Placer

Occurrence in Clatsop county in Oregon, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Iron
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. 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 10068339
MRDS ID W001344
Record type Site
Current site name Hammond-Mcgowan-Columbia Placer
Alternate or previous names Clatsop Spit
Related records 10152402, 10177361

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.00069, 46.21646 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clatsop(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clatsop Spit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ilwaco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Disappointment(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Clatsop

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
009N 011W 36 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Dune sand

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TWENHOFEL 1946 ORE. DEP. GEOL. MIN. IND. BULL 30

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 4011, 1947.

  • Deposit

    OREGON METALS MINES HANDBOOK; ODGMI BULL. 14-D, 1951, P. 25-26.

  • Reserve-Resource

    R. I. 4011

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OTHER SIMILAR DEPOSITS NEARBY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1973 Force, Eric R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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