Sunset Creek Placer

The Sunset Creek Placer is a gold, platinum, and pge 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

Name: Sunset Creek Placer  

State:  Washington

County:  Clallam

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold, Platinum, PGE

Lat, Long: 47.98889, -124.67139

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Sunset Creek Placer MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Sunset Creek Placer


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Platinum
Primary: PGE


Location

State: Washington
County: Clallam


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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 (Location): ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF THE MOUTH OF THE QUILLAYUTE RIVER, NEAR THE MOUTH OF SUNSET CREEK

Comment (Deposit): THESE PLEISTOCENE DEPOSITS CONSIST OF STREAM GRAVEL AND DRIFT. AT THIS SITE THE WAVE TERRACE IS CUT IN A LAYER OF INDURATED CLAY IN THE DRIFT (DATA FROM U.S.G.S. MRDS, 1990). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1917 (DATA FROM U.S.G.S. MRDS, 1990)


References

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).

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.


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