The Chinaman Bar Placer is a gold mine located in Grant county, Washington.
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Mine Info
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Chinaman Bar Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chinaman Bar Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Grant
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: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Sand and Gravel
Comments
Comment (Location): AT CHINAMAN BAR ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER, 4 MILES EAST OF PREIST RAPIDS
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: PRODUCED FROM 1939 TO 1941 (HUNTING, 1956, P. 185).
References
Reference (Deposit): WDGER OFR 90-18
Reference (Deposit): CARITHERS, WARD, 1943, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS:WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8, 36P.
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.
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