Mine detail: Chinaman Bar Placer

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Location: Grant County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.63705, -119.7928
dep_id: 10055911
mrds_id: SP00123
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gold
gangue: Sand and Gravel
ore_ctrl: Heavy-Mineral Concentration By Stream Action
Reporter: Berger, Mary A., Frank, Dave
hrock_type: Alluvium
tectonic: Deposition Of Heavy Minerals In River Gravels
References:
  • Deposit:: WDGER OFR 90-18
  • Deposit:: CARITHERS, WARD, 1943, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS:WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8, 36P.
  • 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.
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