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Nespelem Bar Placer

Unknown in Douglas 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10180260
MAS/MILS ID 0530470502
Record type Site
Current site name Nespelem Bar Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -119.05504, 48.13594 (WGS84)
Elevation 290
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Armstrong Creek(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 Douglas
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 030 N 030 E 04 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • The county boundary falls in the same river as the placer, so Douglas county was added and promoted to first place in order to correct a disagreement with lat/long.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Mesozoic granitic rocks, undivided
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH.BULL.37-2,P.188;ON NESPELEM BAR,AT THE MONTH OF THE NE

  • Deposit

    R.; LOW GRADE, LESS THAN 1CENT/YD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 20-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.

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