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Cle Elum River Iron

Occurrence in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodities Iron, Nickel, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055939
MRDS ID SP00151
Record type Site
Current site name Cle Elum River Iron
Alternate or previous names Cle Elum River North Deposit, Cle Elum River South Deposit, Balfour Guthrie;
Related records 10039251

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.05562, 47.43121 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Davis Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Snoqualmie Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yakima(hydrologic unit)

Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)

Yakima(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee 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 Kittitas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 023N;022N;022N;022N 014E;014E;014E;014E 26,34,35}1}2}3 SE4 (01); NE4 (01); N2 (02); E2 (03) Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CLE ELUM RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnierite Ore
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Millerite Ore
Serpentine Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.05562, 47.43121
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Weathering Of Serpenitnized Peridotite Prior To Deposition Of The Eocene Swauk Formation. The Iron Minerals Derived From The Peridotite Remain In The Residuum On The Peridotite And In The Basal Beds Of The Swauk Formation Overlying And Flanking The Peridotite (Shedd And Others, 1922, P. 77-79).

Comments on the geologic information

  • IRON MINERALS ARE CONCENTRATED AT THE SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITE-SWAUK FORMATION CONTACT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • THERE IS NO RECORDED PRODUCTION

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DRILLING (AVERAGE FROM 52 HOLES) INDICATES A RESERVE OF 6.25 MILLION TONS OF 40.82% FE, 0.83% NI, AND 2.4% CR2 O3 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 197).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

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