Mine detail: Shi Shi Beach Placer

Previously called 'Lovelace'

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Location

Lat / long: 48.25506, -124.68492

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Tertiary: Iridium, Iron, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Osmium
Ore: Garnet, Ilmenite, Iridosmine, Magnetite, Monazite, Platinum, Zircon
Orebody form: LINEAR STRATABOUND LAYER
Discovery year: 1894

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Beach Placer
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1905
Last production ended: 1904

Geology

Host type:Sand and Gravel
Structure:Uplifted Beach Terrace
Tectonic:Active Margin. Coast

References

MRDSM045073
DEP10103626
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. 2-5.}{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.}{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. 28.}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A., Blair, Will N., Lawson, W.A. (Evarts, Russell C.)