Point Brown

The Point Brown is a platinum, titanium, metal, zirconium, iron, and gold 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

Name: Point Brown  

State:  Washington

County:  Grays Harbor

Elevation:

Commodity: Platinum, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Iron, Gold

Lat, Long: 46.92722, -124.17361

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Point Brown MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Point Brown
Secondary: Damons Point


Commodity

Primary: Platinum
Primary: Titanium, Metal
Primary: Zirconium
Primary: Iron
Primary: Gold


Location

State: Washington
County: Grays Harbor
District: Beach Sands


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
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Detail: Pacific Mountains


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: $.05/TON AU+PT IN NATURAL BLACK SAND


Materials

Ore: Garnet
Ore: Zircon
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Olivine
Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. HUNTTING INDICATES LOCATION IN SECS. 15 AND 23, BUT POINT BROWN IS IN SEC. 27. LOCATION GIVEN IS ON THE POINT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE START OF THE JETTY

Comment (Deposit): RECORD M700278 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.


References

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.

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. 1216-1217.

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. 342.


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