The Moclips Placer is a ree, thorium, and chromium mine located in Grays Harbor 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
Elevation:
Commodity: REE, Thorium, Chromium
Lat, Long: 47.24028, -124.21667
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Moclips Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Moclips Placer
Commodity
Primary: REE
Primary: Thorium
Primary: Chromium
Secondary: Platinum
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Tertiary: Zirconium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Washington
County: Grays Harbor
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
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY OF NATURAL BEACH SAND: 715 LB/TON MONAZITE, 24 LB/TON CR, 82 LB/TON ILMENITE, AND $O.17 AU+PT/TON.
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Ore: Zircon
Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Monazite
Gangue: Olivine
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): IN COPALIS ROCK WILDLIFE REFUGE. LOCATION GIVEN IS BEACH AT MOCLIPS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS UNKNOWN.
Comment (Deposit): RECORD M045061 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.
References
Reference (Deposit): DAY, D.T., AND RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1905, P. 1218-1219.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 35, 281.
Reference (Deposit): PARDEE, J.T., 1929, PLATINUM AND BLACK SAND IN WASHINGTON, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1928: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 805, P. 2.
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