Meadow Claim

Occurrence in Skagit county in Washington, United States with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095774
MRDS ID M700340
Record type Site
Current site name Meadow Claim
Related records 10277761

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.89957, 48.63981 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 9.5 MILES NW OF CONCRETE (CITY OF).

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

  • BY THREE LAKES. ELEVATION IS APPROXIMATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Dunite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 20 CHANNEL SAMPLES TAKEN BY OWNER ACROSS STRIKE OF BANDS IN UPPER EXPOSURE RANGED FROM 4.95 TO 25.52% CR2O3. CLEAN CONCENTRATE CONTAINS 56.75% CR2O3 AND HAS CR/FE RATIO OF 2.9. AN EXPOSED AREA 170 BY 145 FT AVG. 9% CR2O3.

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 15.24M
    Length 51.82M
    Width 44.2M

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

Comments on the workings information

  • UNKNOWN WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WDMG BULL 37, P. 39

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PART OF THREE LAKES PROPERTY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit BANDED AND DISSEMINATED ORE AT TWO EXPOSURES.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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