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Port Angeles

Occurrence in Clallam county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092664
MRDS ID M700263
Record type Site
Current site name Port Angeles

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.40849, 48.07257 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3 MI SOUTH OF PORT ANGELES., Estimated In Center Along South Border Of Section

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clallam(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Port Angeles(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Port Angeles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Victoria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dungeness-Elwha(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Clallam

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 030N 006W 23 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON MELICK FARM, BETWEEN ENNIS CREEK AND HEAD OF WHITE CREEK. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 43 ACRES OF DEEDED FARM LAND.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS: $1/TON AG, $123 AU
Result TWO OTHER ASSAYS: $1.50 AG, $2.10 AU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Twin River Formation, Lower Member;Twin River Formation, Lower Member
    Rock description Twin River Formation, Lower Member;Twin River Formation, Lower Member

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.40849, 48.07257
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Comments on the geologic information

  • LITTLE GEOLOGIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE BUT LOCATION PRESUMES A LOW-SULFIDE GOLD QUARTZ SETTING AS MOST LIKELY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Grace Melick, Port Angeles, Wash.
    First year 1950

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 118

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO REAL DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION AVAILABLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. 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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