Commodities
PrimaryGold, Platinum, Iridium, Osmium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlHeavey-Mineral Concentration By Wave Action. Grains Of Platinum Only About A Quarter The Size Of Gold Grains; About 1% Of The Platinum Grains Are Ferromagnetic (Data From U.S.G.S. Mrds, 1990)
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Ilmenite, Iridosmine, Magnetite, Platinum, Zircon
GangueSand
Geology
Host rockSand and Gravel
Tectonic settingUplifted Beach Terraces
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10055857
MRDS IDSP00055
Alternate namesLovelace
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.25672, -124.68548
References
WDGER OFR 90-18DAY, D.T.; RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SAND OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1905: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 1175-1258.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.MERTIE, J.B., JR., 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE PLATINUM METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 630, 120 P., 1 PL.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).