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Three Lakes Group

Occurrence in Skagit 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 10047973
MRDS ID M700346
Record type Site
Current site name Three Lakes Group
Alternate or previous names Pand H, Wild
Related records 10155835

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.89957, 48.63981 (WGS84)
Elevation 991
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 4.6 MILES WEST OF DOCK BUTTE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skagit(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Skagit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 036N 007E 03,04 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • 5.5 MILES BY TRAIL FROM END OF AN OLD LOGGING GRADE AT MCGINNIS CREEK; BY THREE LAKES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Dunite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ALAMETHER: EST, 10% CRZ03
Result EST, AVG 25% CRZ03
Result SHAFT: EST AVG 7% CR03

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.89957, 48.63981
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Thickness 91.44M
    Width 24.38M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hamilton District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Wild, Alwyn H. (Industrial Mining, Inc.)
    First year 1940
    Last year 1955
  • Type Owner
    Owner Twin Sisters Chrome And Magnesium Co. Seattle, Wa. (1954 On)

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS.

Comments on development

  • OPEN CUTS, DIAMOND DRILL HOLES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WDMG BULL 37, P. 40

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 26 CLAIMS: SHAFT GORA, ALAMETHER, LEADER (RECORD NO. M700338), MEADOW (RECORD NO. M700340), HOWARD, AND OTHERS). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit ON ALAMETHER CLAIM: BAND OF DISSEMINATED CHROMITE 80 FT WIDE BY 100 FT HIGH (EXPOSED IN CLIFF); ON GORA CLAIM: A LENS FROM 3 TO 30 FT THICK EXPOSED IN CLIFF TO HEIGHT OF 300 FT; ON SHAFT CLAIM: A BAND IS EXPOSED FOR LESS THAN 20 FT WIDE AND ABOUT 300 FT HIGH. IN ANOTHERPLACE ARE SIX CHROMITE LENSES FROM 2 TO 8 IN WIDE OCCURING IN A 7.5 FT SECTION OF DUNITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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