The Ozette Beach Placer is a pge, gold, and platinum mine located in Clallam county, Washington.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Ozette Beach Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ozette Beach Placer
Commodity
Primary: PGE
Primary: Gold
Primary: Platinum
Location
State: Washington
County: Clallam
District: Cape Flattery
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Beach Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Platinum
Gangue: Sand
Comments
Comment (Deposit): BEACH DEPOSIT OF GOLD AND PLATINUM CONCENTRATED ALONG THE SURFACE OF A WAVE-CUT TERRACE IN SANDSTONE (DATA FROM U.S.G.S. MRDS, 1990). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): 2 MILES NORTH OF THE MOUTH OF THE OZETTE RIVER
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: PRODUCED A SMALL AMOUNT IN THE EARLY 1900'S (PARDEE, 1929; HUNTTING, 1956, P. 183). PRODUCE $15,000 FROM OZETTE AND SHI SHI PLACERS PRIOR TO 1904 (HUNTTING, 1956, P.182).
References
Reference (Deposit): WDGER OFR 90-18
Reference (Deposit): 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.
Reference (Deposit): MERTIE, J.B., JR., 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE PLATINUM METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 630, 120 P., 1 PL.
Reference (Deposit): 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).
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