Cle Elum River Iron

The Cle Elum River Iron is a nickel, chromium, and iron mine located in Kittitas county, Washington.

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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: Cle Elum River Iron
Secondary: Cle Elum River North Deposit
Secondary: Cle Elum River South Deposit
Secondary: Balfour Guthrie;

Commodity

Primary: Nickel
Primary: Chromium
Primary: Iron

Location

State: Washington
County: Kittitas

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Garnierite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Millerite
Gangue: Serpentine

Comments

Comment (Location): ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CLE ELUM RIVER

Comment (Production): THERE IS NO RECORDED PRODUCTION

Comment (Geology): IRON MINERALS ARE CONCENTRATED AT THE SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITE-SWAUK FORMATION CONTACT.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): DRILLING (AVERAGE FROM 52 HOLES) INDICATES A RESERVE OF 6.25 MILLION TONS OF 40.82% FE, 0.83% NI, AND 2.4% CR2 O3 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 197).

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, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.

Reference (Deposit): SHEDD, SOLON; JENKINS, O.P.; COOPER, H.H., 1922, IRON ORES, FUELS, AND FLUXES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 27, 160 P., 1 PL.

Reference (Deposit): WDGER OFR 90-18

Reference (Deposit): BROUGHTON, W. A., 1944, ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE BLEWETT-CLE ELUM IRON ORE ZONE, CHELAN AND KITTITAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 12, 42 P., 7 PL.

Reference (Deposit): FRIZZELL, V.A., JR.; TABOR, R.W.; BOOTH, D.B.; ORT, K.M.; WAITT, R.B., 1984, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SNOQUALMIE PASS 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-693, 42 P., 1 PL.

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