Cedar Creek Placer

The Cedar Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Clallam county, Washington at an elevation of 20 feet.

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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Site Name

Primary: Cedar Creek Placer
Secondary: Starbuck Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Zirconium
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Washington
County: Clallam
District: Cape Flattery

Land Status

Land ownership: National Park
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Starbuck, J. M.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Beach Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1917
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: STRATABOUND BLANKET

Structure

Type: L
Description: Uplifted Beach Terrace

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pleistocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAY: 2-5 PENNYWEIGHTS AU+PT/YD. PT:AU=1:5 TO 1:15

Materials

Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Platinum
Ore: Chromite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Zircon

Comments

Comment (Commodity): GOLD PARTICLES ARE SMALL AND FLAT

Comment (Production): REPORTED $5,000 IN AU PRIOR TO 1917. SMALL BYPRODUCT PGE PRODUCTION REPORTED

Comment (Deposit): BEACH PLACER IN 2-15 IN. THICK SAND LAYER ON SURFACE OF A WAVE-CUT BENCH IN CLAY.

Comment (Location): IN OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK. NEAR MOUTH OF CEDAR CREEK BY BEACH; ON ALLENS BAY QUAD AS STARBUCK MINE. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR MINE SYMBOL LABELED STARBUCK MINE ON TOPO MAP. THERE IS SOME CONFUSION AS TO SYNONYMS. PARDEE LISTS STARBUCK AS A SYNONYM FOR SUNSET CREEK PLACER (RECORD M045076) RATHER THAN FOR CEDAR CREEK PLACER (HUNTTING)

References

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1955, GOLD IN WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 42, P. 115.

Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 21.

Reference (Deposit): PARDEE, J.T., 1929, PALTINUM AND BLACK SAND IN WASHINGTON, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1928: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 805, P. 1-15.

Reference (Production): HUNTTING, 1955

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