Moclips Placer

Occurrence in Grays Harbor county in Washington, United States with commodities Chromium, Gold, Platinum, REE, Vanadium
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10232444
MAS/MILS ID 0530270164
Record type Site
Current site name Moclips Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -123.88047, 47.24449 (WGS84)
Elevation 3
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grays Harbor(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Humptulips(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shelton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seattle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Grays Harbor(hydrologic unit)

Washington Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Grays Harbor

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 020 N 012 W 06 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT REPORTED AT MOCLIPS BEACH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
REE Critical Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -123.88047, 47.24449

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 135.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-JAN-93 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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