The Dick is a nickel, cobalt, and copper mine located in Chelan county, Washington at an elevation of 1,401 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: 1,401 Feet (427 Meters)
Commodity: Nickel, Cobalt, Copper
Lat, Long: 47.77, -120.20639
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Dick MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dick
Secondary: Chelan
Secondary: Winesap
Commodity
Primary: Nickel
Primary: Cobalt
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Chelan
District: Entiat District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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 Entiat State Wildlife Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mrs. Hazel E. Growden And Associates, Yakima
Years: 1946 -
Owner Name: E. N. Patty, Seattle
Years: 1946 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1898
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: Dunitic Ni-Cu
Orebody
Form: DISSEMINATED AND MASSIVE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Gneiss
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Gneiss
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2 ASSAYS GAVE 0.03% CO. 1 ASSAY FROM SAMPLE COLLECTED IN ADIT GAVE 1.5% NI, 0.3% CU. GOSSAN YIELDED 0.5% NI
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Pentlandite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): OXIDATION OF ORE MINERALS HAS PRODUCED SOLUBLE SULFATES RICH IN COPPER AND NICKEL. DEPOSIT IS UNDERLAIN BY MIGMATITE OF THE CHELAN COMPLEX ; GEOL.DESC: ILL-DEFINED BODY OF DISSEMINATED PYRRHOTITE, PENTLANDITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND PYRITE IN BROKEN-UP COARSELY CRYSTALLINE ULTRABASIC ROCK. CO:NI=1:15
Comment (Workings): 4 ADITS; 6 DRILL HOLES (1942) TOTAL 765 FT. 7 DRILL HOLES (USBM, 1944) TOTAL 1,016 FT. SOME TRENCHES. THERE ARE 80 ACRES OF DEEDED PROPERTY
Comment (Location): IN OKLAHOMA GULCH AREA
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES UNKNOWN BUT SMALL
Comment (Development): USBM DRILLING OUTLINED SMALL TONNAGE OF MINERALIZED MATERIAL; PART CONTAINS 1-1.7% NI AND 0.5-0.7% CU AND PART CONTAINS 0.90-1.23% NI AND 0.15-0.4% CU
Comment (Deposit): ENTIRE PERIDOTITE OUTCROP IS MINERALIZED. DEPOSIT IS OXIDIZED TO 40 FT DEPTH
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 275.
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. 12.
Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., WHETTEN, J.T., WAITT, R.B., SWANSON, D.A., BYERLY, G.R., BOOTH, D.B., HETHERINGTON, M.J., AND ZARTMAN, R.E., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CHELAN 30-MINUTE BY 60-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1661, SCALE 1:100,000.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): HUNTTING, 1956; UNPUB. COBALT REPORT
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1943, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 9, P. 25-26.
Reference (Deposit): PATTY, E.N., AND KELLY, S.F., 1946, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGICAL ENGINEERS TECHNICAL PUBLICATION 1953
Reference (Deposit): CORWALL, H.R., 1966, NICKEL DEPOSITS OF NORTH AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1223, P. 57.
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