Mine detail: Point Brown

Previously called 'Damons Point'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.92701, -124.17488

Resource(M)

Primary:	Platinum, Gold, Iron, Zirconium, Titanium, Metal
Ore:	Garnet, Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Olivine, Zircon
Orebody form:	BLANKET

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Beach Placer
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Sand and Gravel
Tectonic:	Active Margin (Leading Edge Of North American Plate)

References

MRDS	M045062
DEP	10037867
Reference	{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:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 342.}{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. 1216-1217.}
Reporter	Blair, Will N., Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russel C.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.