Twins Group

The Twins Group is a mine located in Skagit county, Washington at an elevation of 1,001 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Twins Group
Secondary: Smith
Secondary: Last Chance
Secondary: Ready Cash
Secondary: Cypress Lake
Secondary: Smith Open Cut

Commodity

Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Stone, Crushed/Broken

Location

State: Washington
County: Skagit
District: Cascade District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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.

Holdings

Type: Unknown
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Discovery Year: 1902
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Chromite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Olivine

Comments

Comment (Deposit): LOW CHROME IRON RATIO

References

Reference (Deposit): CONWAY R D GEOCHMY CYPRS I ULTRA-MFC BODY WA UNPUBD THESIS U

Reference (Deposit): MCLELLAN R D GEOL SAN JUAN ISLES UWA PUBS IN GEOL VOL 2 1927

Reference (Deposit): PARDEE J T OTHERS CR ORES IN WASHUSGS BUL 725-A 1922

Reference (Deposit): VHAY J S US CONG 89TH 2ND SES COMINTERIOR INSULAR AFRS COM P

Reference (Deposit): WILSON HEWITT OTHERS SOME REFRACTPROPS WASH CR USBM RI 3694

Reference (Deposit): WASH. STATE DIV. OF GEOL. AND EARTH RESOURCES, UNPUB

Reference (Deposit): DATA.

Reference (Deposit): FULKERSON F B OTHERS USBM MINSYR BK VOL 3 1958 P1002

Reference (Deposit): WASH. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 57, 1969.

Reference (Deposit): RAGAN, D.M., GEOL. OF TWIN SISTERS DUNITE NORTHERN

Reference (Deposit): CASCADES, WASHINGTON, UNPUB THESIS UNIV OF WASH, 1961.

Reference (Deposit): SPANSKI, G.T., TWIN SISTERS MTS, WASH, UNIV OF

Reference (Deposit): ILLINOIS 1963.

Reference (Deposit): RANGE, WHATCOM AND SKAGIT COUNTIES, WASH., SUNSHINE

Reference (Deposit): MINING CO. CONFIDENTIAL REPORT, 1942.

Reference (Deposit): CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF THE THREE LAKES AREA, TWIN SISTERS

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