Mine detail: Wilmont Bar Placer

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 48.04846, -118.27278

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, REE, Thorium
Ore: Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon
Gangue: Sand and Gravel

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Sand and Gravel
Tectonic:Deposition Of Heavy Minerals In River Gravels.

References

MRDSSP00121
DEP10055909
Reference{Deposit:: WDGER OFR 90-18}{Deposit:: COLLIER, A.J., 1907, GOLD-BEARING RIVER SANDS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON. IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1906; PART I- METALS AND NONMETALS, EXCEPT FUELS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 315, P. 56-70.}{Deposit:: DAY, D.T.; RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDER YEAR 1905: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 1175-1258.}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.}{Deposit:: PARDEE, J.T., 1929, PLATINUM AND BLACK SAND IN WASHINGTON. IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (SHORT PAPERS AND PRELIMINARY REPORTS) 1928; PART I-METALS AND NONMETALS EXCEPT FUELS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 805, P. 1-15.}
ReporterBerger, Mary A., Frank, Dave