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Brown Lake Property

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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041568
MRDS ID M056661
Record type Site
Current site name Brown Lake Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.62588, 48.47289 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ruby Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Omak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Okanogan(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034N 026E 06 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR WEST 1/4 COR SEC 06.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Quartzite Gangue
Serpentine Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.6% CHROMIUM IN QUARTZITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.62588, 48.47289
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SPECKS AND A LENS

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZITE UNDERLAIN BY PERIDOTITE. ; GEOL.DESC: QUARTZITE OVERLIES PERIDOTITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Omak Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lloyd Austin
    Home office Omak, Wa.
    First year 1943

Comments on development

  • OPEN PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 38

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHROMIFEROUS GREEN QTZITE SEVERAL ACRES IN EXTENT. ALSO, A SMALL LENS IN SERPENTINE.
Deposit DEEDED LAND

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1982 Lawson, William A. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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