Sand Island Placer

Occurrence in Clatsop county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Iron, Titanium
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10273991
MAS/MILS ID 0410070099
Record type Site
Current site name Sand Island Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -124.02065, 46.27479 (WGS84)
Elevation 30

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clatsop(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cape Disappointment(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ilwaco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Disappointment(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Clatsop

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 009 N 011 W 10 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT IS ISLAND AT MOUTH OF COLUMBIA RIVER JUST SOUTH OF ILWACO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -124.02065, 46.27479

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37 1960, PART I, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    NONMETALLICS, P. 189.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-SEP-1993 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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