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Main and Bartnes Placer

Occurrence in Clallam 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095780
MRDS ID M700445
Record type Site
Current site name Main and Bartnes Placer
Related records 10301694

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.68325, 48.08922 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2 MILES SSE OF SAND POINT., Within 1/8 Mile Up And Down Beach

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clallam(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Allens Bay(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cape Flattery(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Flattery(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hoh-Quillayute(hydrologic unit)

Washington Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Clallam

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 030N 015W 19 NW OF NW Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON BEACH NEAR A SMALL STREAM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.68325, 48.08922
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOME BOULDERS A FOOT IN DIAMETER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lee Main S A. Bartnes
    Home office Everett, Wa
    First year 1940

Comments on development

  • IRREGULAR PIT 30 FT LONG, 15 FT WIDE, AND 6 FT DEEP; FLUME 150 FT LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAND AND GRAVEL CEMENTED BY CLAY AND IRON OXIDE.
Deposit 1 PLACER CLAIM. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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