The Danny is a chromium mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 3,999 feet.
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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
Elevation: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 48.69111, -121.95778
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Danny MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Danny
Secondary: Dannie
Secondary: Washington Chrome
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: Washington
County: Whatcom
District: Sisters District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Wilderness
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.
Administrative Organization: In Mount Baker Wilderness In Mount Baker National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Washington Chrome Co., Mount Baker Chromium Co. (Bumper Claim)
Home Office: Seattle
Years: 1956 -
Production
Year: 1934
Material type: ORE CR
Description: Ap_Grade: ^51.7% Cr2o3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1934
Discovery Year: 1931
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Podiform chromite (minor)
Orebody
Form: DISSEMINATED, MASSIVE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dunite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Name: Dunite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 44.09-51.16% CR2O3, 13.6-26.5% FEO, 2.95-18.3% MGO, 6.0-8.6% SIO2, 9.2-11.10% AL2O3, CR/F=3.13. ASSAY VALUES FOR INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS GIVEN IN MOEN. CONE EQUIVALENTS OF ORE FROM DANNY, GOOD HOPE, AND RIBBON CLAIMS RANGED FROM 39-41. CALCINATION TESTS ON CHROMITE FROM DANNY CLAIM SHOWED THAT THERMAL EXPANSION WAS RAPID BETWEEN CONES 19 (1,520 DEG C) AND 26 (1,595 DEG C), THAT IT DECREASED TO CONE 30, AND THAT VOLUME REMAINED PRACTICALLY CONSTANT FROM CONE 30 (1,650 DEG C) TO CONE 40 (1,885 DEG C)
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Clinozoisite
Gangue: Pyroxene
Gangue: Olivine
Gangue: Serpentine
Gangue: Anthophyllite
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD MP00127
Comment (Location): NEAR HEAD OF SOUTH FORK NOOKSACK RIVER IN A CLIFF ABOUT 800 FT ABOVE VALLEY FLOOR
Comment (Production): 1.5 TONS WAS MINED FROM DANNY CLAIM AND SENT TO BELLINGHAM FOR TESTING. THE 20 TONS WAS FROM RIBBON CLAIM.
References
Reference (Production): HUNTTING
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. 547.
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 67-68.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 40.
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