Nooksack Prospect

The Nooksack Prospect is a chromium mine located in Whatcom 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: Nooksack Prospect  

State:  Washington

County:  Whatcom

Elevation:

Commodity: Chromium

Lat, Long: 48.91361, -122.25222

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Nooksack Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Nooksack Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Chromium


Location

State: Washington
County: Whatcom
District: Mount Baker District


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: Vein
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 Section: Puget Trough


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chromite


Comments

Comment (Location): W SIDE OF SUMAS MTN, S OF AN OLD IRON MINE, LOCATION

Comment (Deposit): 2 SMALL CHROMITE STRINGERS. OTHER OUTCROPS REPORTED IN THIS AREA ARE COVERED BY SLIDES


References

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, MARSHALL T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 37, P. 41


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