The Cle Elum Iron-Nickel Deposit is a iron, chromium, and nickel mine located in Kittitas county, Washington at an elevation of 2,887 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: 2,887 Feet (880 Meters)
Commodity: Iron, Chromium, Nickel
Lat, Long: 47.4492, -121.05140
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Cle Elum Iron-Nickel Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cle Elum Iron-Nickel Deposit
Secondary: Balfour Guthrie Group
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Primary: Chromium
Primary: Nickel
Location
State: Washington
County: Kittitas
District: Cle Elum District
Land Status
Land ownership: Mixed
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: Fee Ownership
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Burlington Northern Railroad
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1979
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1887
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Spinel
Unknown: Talc
Unknown: Gibbsite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Millerite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Pyroxene
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Cliachite
Unknown: Clinozoisite
Unknown: Diaspore
Unknown: Dickite
Unknown: Boehmite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): PUBLISHED RESOURCES ARE: MEASURED, INDICATED, AND INFERRED CATEGORIES - PLUS - A SEPARATE TOTAL = MEASURED + INDICATED + INFERRED. FE,CR2O3 ASSAY OF TOTAL DIFFERS FROM THAT OF M1C1, ( A WEIGHTED TOTAL) PRESUME A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR (SEE B-BIB R100-R102 P60).
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS SIMILAR TO LATERITES OF MAYARI DISTRICT, CUBA.
Comment (Economic Factors): THE ORE CANNOT BE BENEFICIATED BY ANY MEANS OTHER THAN DIRECT SMELTING. RAW ORE IS CRUSHED AND SMELTED IN A PARTIAL REDUCTION FURNACE TO PRODUCE 15% FERRONICKEL. THE 15% FERRONICKEL IS RESMELTED WITH ADDITIONAL ORE IN AN OXIDATION FURNACE TO PRODUCE 70% FERRONICKEL. SLAG IS RESMELTED WITH EXCESS CARBON TO PRODUCE LOW CHROME STEEL.
References
Reference (Production): NICKEL ORES, U.S.B.M. RI 4122, 39P.
Reference (Production): RAVITZ, S.F., 1947, ELECTRIC SMELTING OF LOW-GRADE
Reference (Reserve-Resource): ZOLDOK,S.W., 1948, CLE-ELUM IRON-NICKEL DEPOSITS, KITTITAS
Reference (Reserve-Resource): U.S.G.S. BULL 978-B, P 27-67.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NICKELIFEROUS IRON DEPOSITS, KITTITAS COUNTY, WA.:
Reference (Reserve-Resource): LAMEY,C.A.; HOTZ,P.E., 1952, THE CLE ELUM RIVER
Reference (Reserve-Resource): EARTH SCIENCES: U.S.B.M. GRANT G0254002.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): SILVER IN WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIV OF GEOLOGY AND
Reference (Geology): INVESTIGATIONS 11, 63P.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): LUCAS,J.M., 1975, THE AVAILABILITY OF NICKEL,CHROMIUM AND
Reference (Geology): COUNTIES, WA.: WASHINGTON DIV OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF
Reference (Geology): BLEWETT-CLE ELUM IRON ORE ZONE, CHELAN AND KITTITAS
Reference (Geology): LUPHER, R.L., 1944, STRATIGRAPHIC ASPECTS OF THE
Reference (Reserve-Resource): RECONNAISANCE OF A POSSIBLE NORTHERLY EXTENSION OF THE
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, 1960, MAGNETIC
Reference (Reserve-Resource): COUNTY, WA.: U.S.B.M. RI 4189, 8P.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): RAILWAY CO. UNPUBISHED REPORT.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): CLE ELUM NICKELIFEROUS IRON DEPOSITS: NORTHERN PACIFIC
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