Snake River Placers

Past Producer in Asotin county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Iron, Titanium, Zirconium
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 10276310
MAS/MILS ID 0530030002
Record type Site
Current site name Snake River Placers
Alternate or previous names Snake River Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.16494, 46.42596 (WGS84)
Elevation 219
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Asotin(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silcott Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clarkston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Snake-Tucannon(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Asotin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 011 N 045 E 16 SESESE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.16494, 46.42596

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 181.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-SEP-92 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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