Mine detail: Silver Creek Placer

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Location: Pierce County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.9312, -121.4773
dep_id: 10048640
mrds_id: MP00243
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stream Placer
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gold
orebody_fm: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
model: 119: Placer Au-PGE
conc_proc: Entrapment By Irregularities In Stream Bed Or Deposition In Low-Energy Part Of Stream
ore_ctrl: Stream Hydraulics
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Sand and Gravel
tectonic: Cascade Volcanic Arc
References:
  • Deposit:: DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 329.
  • Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 189.
  • Production:: HUNTTING, 1956
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