The Mount Chopaka Chromite is a mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 7,480 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: 7,480 Feet (2,280 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 48.965, -119.77640
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Mount Chopaka Chromite MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mount Chopaka Chromite
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Nighthawk 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.
Holdings
Type: Unknown
Type: Unknown
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Briley, William And Thorne, C.
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1917
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: Chromite
Unknown: Serpentine
Comments
Comment (Deposit): REF RECORD 080 COLUMNS 35-75 INSUFFICIENT DATA
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IS ONGOING.
References
Reference (Deposit): HIBBARD M J 1960 BDRK GEOL PETRGYCHOPAKA MT,OK CO.WA UNPUBD
Reference (Deposit): UNIV WASH
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING M T 1956 WA DIV MINES GEOL BUL 37
Reference (Deposit): RINEHART C D,FOX K F,JR,1972 GEOL MIN DEPS LOOMIS QUAD OK CO
Reference (Deposit): DIV MINES GEOL BUL 64
Reference (Deposit): USBM WFOC UNPUBLISHED DATA FROM MIN PROP FILES
Reference (Deposit): WILSON N OTHERS USBM RI 3694 SOMEREFRACTY PROPS WA CR,1943
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