Mine detail: Sunset Creek Placer

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

47.98867, -124.6727

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Platinum
Tertiary:	Iron, Chromium, Zirconium, Titanium, Metal
Ore:	Chromite, Garnet, Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Zircon
Orebody form:	STRATABOUND BLANKET
Discovery year:	1894

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Beach Placer
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1917

Geology

Host type:	Sand and Gravel
Structure:	The Older Rocks Are Severely Deformed.
Tectonic:	Active Margin (Leading Edge North American Plate)

References

MRDS	M045076
DEP	10037877
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. 3-15.}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1955, GOLD IN WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 42, P. 117.}{Deposit:: DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 29.}{Production:: PARDEE, 1929}
Reporter	Blair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A.