| Deposit ID | 10047821 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M700107 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Danny |
| Alternate or previous names | Dannie, Washington Chrome |
| Related records | 10093092, 10156729 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.95902, 48.69092 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1219 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 1.3 MI SOUTHWEST OF LAKE WISEMAN, Acc Within Claim Area |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Whatcom(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Twin Sisters Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mount Baker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Nooksack(hydrologic unit)
Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)
Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
Mount Baker Wilderness(Wilderness)
Wilderness FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Whatcom |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 037N | 007E | 07,18,19 | S2 (18); N2 (19) | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chromite | Ore |
| Anthophyllite | Gangue |
| Clinozoisite | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Olivine | Gangue |
| Pyroxene | Gangue |
| Serpentine | Gangue |
| Result | 44.09-51.16% CR2O3, 13.6-26.5% FEO, 2.95-18.3% MGO, 6.0-8.6% SIO2, 9.2-11.10% AL2O3, CR/F=3.13. ASSAY VALUES FOR INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS GIVEN IN MOEN. CONE EQUIVALENTS OF ORE FROM DANNY, GOOD HOPE, AND RIBBON CLAIMS RANGED FROM 39-41. CALCINATION TESTS ON CHROMITE FROM DANNY CLAIM SHOWED THAT THERMAL EXPANSION WAS RAPID BETWEEN CONES 19 (1,520 DEG C) AND 26 (1,595 DEG C), THAT IT DECREASED TO CONE 30, AND THAT VOLUME REMAINED PRACTICALLY CONSTANT FROM CONE 30 (1,650 DEG C) TO CONE 40 (1,885 DEG C) |
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| Model code | 15 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 8a |
| Deposit model name | Podiform chromite (minor) |
| Mark3 model number | none |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Twin Sisters Dunite | ||||
| Rock description | Twin Sisters Dunite | ||||
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| (1) | -121.95902, 48.69092 |
|---|
| General form | DISSEMINATED, MASSIVE |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 7 W-N 40 E |
| Dip | 87 NW |
| Thickness | 3.05M |
| Length | 3.05M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1931 |
| Discoverer | W.M. Elsey And Others |
| Year of last production | 1934 |
| District name | Sisters District |
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| Ownership category | National Wilderness |
|---|---|
| Area name | In Mount Baker Wilderness In Mount Baker National Forest |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Washington Chrome Co., Mount Baker Chromium Co. (Bumper Claim) |
| Home office | Seattle |
| First year | 1956 |
| Year | 1934 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | ORE CR | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^51.7% Cr2o3 | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M700107 |
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 40.
MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 67-68.
DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 547.
HUNTTING
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD MP00127 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-81 | Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-91 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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