Blewett Iron-Nickel Deposit

The Blewett Iron-Nickel Deposit is a nickel and iron mine located in Chelan county, Washington at an elevation of 3,301 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Blewett Iron-Nickel Deposit

Commodity

Primary: Nickel
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Chromium

Location

State: Washington
County: Chelan
District: Blewett

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: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Washington Nickel Mining And Alloys, Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Seattle, WA
Info Year: 1975

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1860
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: Serpentine
Unknown: Spinel
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Chromite
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Biotite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESOURCE CALULATIONS USING DRILL HOLE INFORMATION FROM U.S.B.M. PROJECT 508. M1C1=M1C2+M1C3 MATRIX 1 COLUMN 1 IS THE IDENTIFIED PORTION OF THE DEPOSIT (DEMONSTRATED + INFERRED). M1C2=N/CUM MATRIX 1 COLUMN 2 IS THE INFERRED PORTION OF THE DEPOSIT. M1C3=N/CUM MATRIX 1 COLUMN 3 IS THE DEMONSTRATED PORTION OF THE DEPOSIT (MEASURED + INDICATED).

Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT IS GENERALLY THOUGHT TO BE A BURIED LATERITE. THE BLEWETT-CLE ELUM IRON-NICKEL ZONE IS A DISCONTINUOUS SERIES OF DEPOSITS ALONG A 20 MILE EAST-WEST TREND.

References

Reference (Deposit): PROJECT 508, CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES WAR MINERALS REPORT, 1945, BLEWETT NICKEL-IRON DEPOSIT

Reference (Deposit): INVESTIGATIONS 11, 63 P.

Reference (Deposit): WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF

Reference (Deposit): CLE ELUM IRON ORE ZONE, CHELAN AND KITTITAS COUNTIES

Reference (Deposit): LUPHER, R.L., 1944, STRATIGRAPHIC ASPECTS OF THE BLEWETT-

Reference (Deposit): BULLETIN 969-D, P. 87-103.

Reference (Deposit): CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Reference (Deposit): LAMEY, C.A., 1950, THE BLEWETT IRON-NICKEL DEPOSIT,

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