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Moclips Placer

Occurrence in Grays Harbor county in Washington, United States with commodities REE, Thorium, Chromium, Gold, Silver, Platinum, Iron, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088847
MRDS ID M700274
Record type Site
Current site name Moclips Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.21795, 47.24006 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position AT MOCLIPS., Within 500 Yds Up Or Down The Beach.
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Grays Harbor

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 020N 012W 07 E2 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • IN COPALIS ROCK WILDLIFE REFUGE. LOCATION GIVEN IS BEACH AT MOCLIPS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Primary
Thorium Primary
Chromium Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Platinum Secondary
Iron Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Tertiary
Zirconium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Monazite Ore
Zircon Ore
Olivine Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAY OF NATURAL BEACH SAND: 715 LB/TON MONAZITE, 24 LB/TON CR, 82 LB/TON ILMENITE, AND $O.17 AU+PT/TON.

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) -124.21795, 47.24006
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Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Beach Transportation Processes

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery method Ore-Mineral In Place

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M700274

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 35, 281.

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD M045061 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey