The Wilmont Bar Placer is a gold, ree, and thorium mine located in Ferry county, Washington.
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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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Wilmont Bar Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wilmont Bar Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: REE
Primary: Thorium
Location
State: Washington
County: Ferry
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: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
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: Monazite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Zircon
Gangue: Sand and Gravel
Comments
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: PRODUCED IN 1934 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 184).
Comment (Location): ON THE NORTH BANK OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER, OPPOSITE THE GEROME POST OFFICE
References
Reference (Deposit): WDGER OFR 90-18
Reference (Deposit): COLLIER, A.J., 1907, GOLD-BEARING RIVER SANDS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON. IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1906; PART I- METALS AND NONMETALS, EXCEPT FUELS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 315, P. 56-70.
Reference (Deposit): DAY, D.T.; RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDER 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): 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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