The Cle Elum River Iron is a nickel, chromium, and iron mine located in Kittitas county, Washington.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Nickel, Chromium, Iron
Lat, Long: 47.43139, -121.05444
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Cle Elum River Iron MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cle Elum River Iron
Secondary: Cle Elum River North Deposit
Secondary: Cle Elum River South Deposit
Secondary: Balfour Guthrie;
Commodity
Primary: Nickel
Primary: Chromium
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Washington
County: Kittitas
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
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Garnierite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Millerite
Gangue: Serpentine
Comments
Comment (Location): ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CLE ELUM RIVER
Comment (Production): THERE IS NO RECORDED PRODUCTION
Comment (Geology): IRON MINERALS ARE CONCENTRATED AT THE SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITE-SWAUK FORMATION CONTACT.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): DRILLING (AVERAGE FROM 52 HOLES) INDICATES A RESERVE OF 6.25 MILLION TONS OF 40.82% FE, 0.83% NI, AND 2.4% CR2 O3 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 197).
References
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): SHEDD, SOLON; JENKINS, O.P.; COOPER, H.H., 1922, IRON ORES, FUELS, AND FLUXES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 27, 160 P., 1 PL.
Reference (Deposit): WDGER OFR 90-18
Reference (Deposit): BROUGHTON, W. A., 1944, ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE BLEWETT-CLE ELUM IRON ORE ZONE, CHELAN AND KITTITAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 12, 42 P., 7 PL.
Reference (Deposit): FRIZZELL, V.A., JR.; TABOR, R.W.; BOOTH, D.B.; ORT, K.M.; WAITT, R.B., 1984, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SNOQUALMIE PASS 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-693, 42 P., 1 PL.
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