Mine detail: Moclips Placer

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 47.24006, -124.21795

Resource(M)

Primary: REE, Thorium, Chromium
Secondary: Gold, Silver, Platinum
Tertiary: Iron, Zirconium, Titanium, Metal
Ore: Chromite, Gold, Ilmenite, Monazite, Zircon
Gangue: Olivine, Quartz
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). Coast

References

MRDSM700274
DEP10088847
Reference{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 35, 281.}{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:: 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. 1218-1219.}
ReporterLawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.