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Blackbird Chromite Deposit

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodity Chromium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041567
MRDS ID M056659
Record type Site
Current site name Blackbird Chromite Deposit
Related records 10155816

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.66117, 48.88595 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position 4.6 MILES NNW OF LOOMIS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nighthawk(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Similkameen(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
039N 025E 11 SE OF SE OF SE OF SW OF SE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • IN A SADDLE NEAR SE END OF GRANDVIEW MTN RIDGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO PRODUCTION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.66117, 48.88595
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DUNITE PARTIALLY SERPENTINIZED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nighthawk District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner P And H Exploration And Mining Corp.
    Home office Box 133, Wenatchee, Wa.
    First year 1959

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION FOR PB AND CU IN 1959.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL 64, P. 80-81

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG IC 34, P. 12

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey

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