Ready Cash Claim

The Ready Cash Claim is a chromium mine located in Skagit county, Washington at an elevation of 1,099 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

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Site Name

Primary: Ready Cash Claim
Secondary: Cypress Island

Commodity

Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Platinum

Location

State: Washington
County: Skagit

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

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Cypress Chrome Co.
Years: 1918 -

Production

Year: 1917
Material type: ORE CR
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Avg. 47.5% Cr2o3
Year: 1918
Time Period: 1917-1918
Material type: ORE CR
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Avg. 47.5% Cr2o3.

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Year Last Production: 1918
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Puget Trough
Physiographic Detail: Pacific Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Podiform chromite (minor)

Orebody

Form: VEINLETS AND POCKETS, DISSEMINATED

Structure

Type: R
Description: San Juan Thrust

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dunite Has Been Serpentinized

Rocks

Name: Peridotite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Peridotite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Peridotite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SOME ORE SHOWED 0.006-0.245 OZ/TON PT (0.206-8.4 PPM) IN CHROMITE CONCENTRATE
Analytical Data: ORE AVG. 47.5% CR2O3

Materials

Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Serpentine

Comments

Comment (Geology): HOST ROCKS ARE PART OF OPHIOLITE-ARC VOLCANIC SEQUENCE IN THE DECATUR TERRANE, STRUCTURALLY HIGHEST UNIT OF THE SAN JUAN THRUST SYSTEM

Comment (Location): ON STEEP WEST SLOPE OF CYPRESS ISLAND ABOUT 0.75 MILE FROM SHORE. TOPO MAP SHOWS PROSPECT SYMBOL AT THIS LOCATION

Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT 36 FT LONG, 4-6 FT WIDE, AND 10-12 FT DEEP. ALSO A 10 FT ADIT.

Comment (Deposit): RECORD M045070 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.

Comment (Deposit): CHROMITE FORMS IRREGULAR VEINLETS 1 IN. OR MORE THICK AND BUNCHES OF POCKETS 1 FT OR MORE IN DIAMETER. SURROUNDING MASSES OF SERPENTINE CONTAIN DISSEMINATED CHROMITE. THERE MAY BE SMALL PLACER ACCUMULATIONS ON BEACHES NEAR DEPOSIT - THIS HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED

References

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 39.

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. 333.

Reference (Production): HUNTTING, 1956

Reference (Deposit): PARDEE, J.T., 1929, PLATINUM AND BLACK SAND IN WASHINGTON, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1928: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 805, P. 9-10.

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