Mine detail: Yellow Banks Placer

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

48.09422, -124.68742

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Platinum, Titanium, Metal, Iron
Ore:	Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Platinum
Orebody form:	STRATABOUND BLANKET

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Beach Placer
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1900
Last production ended:	1939

Geology

Host type:	Sand and Gravel
Tectonic:	Active Margin

References

MRDS	M045075
DEP	10109517
Reference	{Deposit:: PARDEE, J.T., 1929, PLATINUM AND BLACK SAND IN WASHINGTON, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 805, P. 2-5.}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1955, GOLD IN WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 42, P. 117.}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Blair, Will N., Lawson, W. A. (Evarts, Russell C.)