Commodities
PrimaryGold, REE, Thorium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlHeavy-Mineral Concentration By Stream Action. The Deposit Consists Of Two Terraces, One 20 Ft. And The Other 100 Ft. Above The Columbia River. In The Lower Terrace, Gold Occurs In The Uppermost 1-5 Ft. Of Material (Huntting, 1956, P. 184).
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon
GangueSand and Gravel
Geology
Host rockSand and Gravel
Tectonic settingDeposition Of Heavy Minerals In River Gravels.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10055909
MRDS IDSP00121
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates48.04846, -118.27278
References
WDGER OFR 90-18COLLIER, A.J., 1907, GOLD-BEARING RIVER SANDS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON. IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1906; PART I- METALS AND NONMETALS, EXCEPT FUELS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 315, P. 56-70.DAY, D.T.; RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDER 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.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.