The Boulder Creek Mine is a chromium mine located in Kittitas county, Washington at an elevation of 3,501 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: 3,501 Feet (1,067 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 47.43833, -121.04194
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Boulder Creek Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boulder Creek Mine
Secondary: Burke
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: Washington
County: Kittitas
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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 Wenatchee National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Years: 1942 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: MASSIVE SMALL LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ABOUT 50% CR2O3
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Serpentine
Comments
Comment (Geology): INGALLS COMPLEX IS PART OF AN OPHIOLITE COMPLEX
Comment (Location): ON WEST SLOPE OF MT. HAWKINS
Comment (Production): PART OF ONE CARLOAD SHIPPEDDURING WWI
Comment (Workings): 2 SHORT ADITS, SOME OPEN CUTS
References
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. 124.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVNETRORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 37.
Reference (Production): HUNTTING, 1956
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