Shi Shi Beach Placer

The Shi Shi Beach Placer is a gold, platinum, iridium, and osmium mine located in Clallam county, Washington.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Shi Shi Beach Placer
Secondary: Lovelace

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Platinum
Primary: Iridium
Primary: Osmium

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: Ilmenite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Platinum
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Zircon
Ore: Iridosmine
Gangue: Sand

Comments

Comment (Location): APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILES SOUTH OF PORTAGE HEAD, NEAR THE MOUTH OF PETROLEUM CREEK

Comment (Deposit): SAND DEPOSIT ON A WAVE-CUT TERRACE IN SANDSTONE IS COVERED BY A THIN LAYER OF HEAVY MINERAL-RICH BLACK SAND AND A 1-3 FT. THICK LAYER OF GRAVEL AND SAND. GOLD AND PLATINUM ARE FOUND IN THE THIN HEAVY-MINERAL SAND LAYER AND IN CRACKS IN THE UNDERLYING ROCK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: PRODUCED BEFORE 1904 AND, TOGETHER WITH THE OZETTE PLACER, PRODUCED MORE THAN $15,000. CONCENTRATE RAN 1,120 LB. OF ILMENITE, 96 LB. OF ZIRCON, $558.09 PET TON IN GOLD, AND $20.45 PER TON IN PLATINUM (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 182).

References

Reference (Deposit): WDGER OFR 90-18

Reference (Deposit): DAY, D.T.; RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SAND OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1905: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 1175-1258.

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.

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).

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