Mcmaster and Alma Claims

The Mcmaster and Alma Claims is a mine located in Skagit county, Washington at an elevation of 1,969 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: Mcmaster and Alma Claims

Commodity

Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Washington
County: Skagit
District: Sisters

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Owner Name: Wild, Alwyn H. (Industrial Mining, Inc.)
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1975

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1938
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

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: Enstatite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Olivine
Unknown: Serpentine

Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IS ONGOING.

References

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

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

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

Reference (Deposit): DATA.

Reference (Deposit): ULTRAMAFIC BODY, WASHINGTON, UNPUB. THESIS, UNIV. OF

Reference (Deposit): ILLINOIS, 1953.

Reference (Deposit): WASH, DIV. OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37, 1956.

Reference (Deposit): USGS STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY MAP, 1943.

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): CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF TWIN SISTERS MTS., WASHINGTON.

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

Reference (Deposit): GAUDETTE, H.E., GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE TWIN SISTERS

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