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Dick

Occurrence in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Cobalt, Nickel, Copper
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068226
MRDS ID W001178
Record type Site
Current site name Dick
Alternate or previous names Chelan, Winesap
Related records 10055842, 10204098

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.20756, 47.76983 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Relative position ABOUT 0.7 MI NORTHWEST OF WINESAP; 12 MI SOUTHEAST OF CHELAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Winesap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chelan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Columbia-Entiat(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 026N 021E 09 S2 OF NW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • IN OKLAHOMA GULCH AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Analytical data

Result 2 ASSAYS GAVE 0.03% CO. 1 ASSAY FROM SAMPLE COLLECTED IN ADIT GAVE 1.5% NI, 0.3% CU. GOSSAN YIELDED 0.5% NI

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 12
USGS model code 6b
Deposit model name Dunitic Ni-Cu

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Chelan Conplex
    Rock description Chelan Conplex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.20756, 47.76983
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED AND MASSIVE
    Length 121.92M
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Oxidation

Comments on the geologic information

  • OXIDATION OF ORE MINERALS HAS PRODUCED SOLUBLE SULFATES RICH IN COPPER AND NICKEL. DEPOSIT IS UNDERLAIN BY MIGMATITE OF THE CHELAN COMPLEX ; GEOL.DESC: ILL-DEFINED BODY OF DISSEMINATED PYRRHOTITE, PENTLANDITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND PYRITE IN BROKEN-UP COARSELY CRYSTALLINE ULTRABASIC ROCK. CO:NI=1:15

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1898

Mining district

District name Entiat District

Land status

Ownership category State
Area name In Entiat State Wildlife Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. N. Patty, Seattle
    First year 1946
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Hazel E. Growden And Associates, Yakima
    First year 1946

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1944
    Total resources 13000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 0.6 wt-pct Nickel Major 1944
    Copper Cu 0.7 wt-pct Copper Major 1944

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES UNKNOWN BUT SMALL

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 286.51M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 ADITS; 6 DRILL HOLES (1942) TOTAL 765 FT. 7 DRILL HOLES (USBM, 1944) TOTAL 1,016 FT. SOME TRENCHES. THERE ARE 80 ACRES OF DEEDED PROPERTY

Comments on development

  • USBM DRILLING OUTLINED SMALL TONNAGE OF MINERALIZED MATERIAL; PART CONTAINS 1-1.7% NI AND 0.5-0.7% CU AND PART CONTAINS 0.90-1.23% NI AND 0.15-0.4% CU

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1943, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 9, P. 25-26.

  • Deposit

    PATTY, E.N., AND KELLY, S.F., 1946, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGICAL ENGINEERS TECHNICAL PUBLICATION 1953

  • Deposit

    CORWALL, H.R., 1966, NICKEL DEPOSITS OF NORTH AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1223, P. 57.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 275.

  • Deposit

    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. 12.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., WHETTEN, J.T., WAITT, R.B., SWANSON, D.A., BYERLY, G.R., BOOTH, D.B., HETHERINGTON, M.J., AND ZARTMAN, R.E., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CHELAN 30-MINUTE BY 60-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1661, SCALE 1:100,000.

  • Reserve-Resource

    HUNTTING, 1956; UNPUB. COBALT REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ENTIRE PERIDOTITE OUTCROP IS MINERALIZED. DEPOSIT IS OXIDIZED TO 40 FT DEPTH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1973 Coury, Anny B. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1992 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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