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Leadbetter Point

Occurrence in Pacific county in Washington, United States with commodities Platinum, Gold, Iron, Chromium, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037869
MRDS ID M045064
Record type Site
Current site name Leadbetter Point
Related records 10180090

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.05043, 46.6434 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ON BEACH AT LEADBETTER POINT, Est Imated Within Leadbetter Point
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Pacific

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. LOCATION GIVEN IS NORTHERNMOST POINT OF LEADBETTER POINT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Primary
Gold Primary
Iron Primary
Chromium Primary
Titanium, Metal Primary
Zirconium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Garnet Ore
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Zircon Ore

Analytical data

Result TRACE AU+PT IN ANALYSIS OF NATURAL BLACK SAND

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
BC deposit profile C01. C02
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.05043, 46.6434
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Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shoreline Transport Processes

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Beach Sands

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M045064

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J.T. 1929, PLATINUM AND BLACK SAND IN WASHINGTON, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1928: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 805, P. 2.

  • Deposit

    DAY, D.T., AND RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1905, P. 1218-1219.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-75 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey