The Johnson Creek is a chromium, nickel, and iron mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 1,749 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: 1,749 Feet (533 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium, Nickel, Iron
Lat, Long: 48.48194, -119.58250
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Johnson Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Johnson Creek
Secondary: Funkhauser
Secondary: Omak;
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Primary: Nickel
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Conconully, Omak Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Type: R
Description: An Ultramafic Mass In The North Cascades
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Antigorite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Magnesite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Diopside
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCED 5.9 TONS OF ORE IN 1955; THESE ASSAYED 42% CR2O3 AND HAD A CR/FE RATIO OF 2.9 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 38).
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT IS IN CALC-SILICATE ROCK DERIVED FROM ALTERED ULTRABASIC ROCKS OR FROM DOLOMITIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. THE CHROMITE-BEARING UNIT CONSISTS OF CALC-SILICATE MINERALS AND MAGNESITE, TALC, AND TREMOLITE; SERPENTINIZED MAGNESITE TALC SCHIST; AND GARNET-DIOPSIDE CALC-SILICATE GRANOFELS, HORNBLENDE SCHIST, AND SERPENTINIZED CARBONATE (GULICK AND KOROSEC, 1990, P. 27).
References
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, V.E., JR., 1957, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS, 1956: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 27, 94 P.
Reference (Deposit): BANTA, H.E., 1956, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS, 1956: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 25, 87 P.
Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E.; JOSEPH, N.L.; LASMANIS, R., 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON-PRELIMINARY REPORT: STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, 577 P.
Reference (Deposit): GULICK, C.W.; KOROSEC, M.A., COMPILERS, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OMAK 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-12, 52 P., 1 PL.
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): WILSON, HEWITT; SKINNER, K.G.; HURST, T.L., 1943, SOME REFRACTORY PROPERTIES ON WASHINTON CHROMITE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIAGTIONS 3964, 31 P.
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