| Deposit ID | 10179826 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0530570015 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Twins Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Smith, Last Chance, Ready Cash, Cypress Lake, Smith Open Cut |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -122.71376, 48.5756 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 305 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Skagit(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cypress Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Bellingham(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Victoria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Strait of Georgia(hydrologic unit)
Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)
Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Skagit |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 036 N | 001 E | 29 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chromite | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Olivine | Unknown |
| Serpentine | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -122.71376, 48.5756 |
|---|
| Thickness | 9999M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 999999M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 999999M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 42HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 99999M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1902 |
| Year of first production | 1918 |
| District name | Cascade District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0530570015 |
CONWAY R D GEOCHMY CYPRS I ULTRA-MFC BODY WA UNPUBD THESIS U
MCLELLAN R D GEOL SAN JUAN ISLES UWA PUBS IN GEOL VOL 2 1927
PARDEE J T OTHERS CR ORES IN WASHUSGS BUL 725-A 1922
VHAY J S US CONG 89TH 2ND SES COMINTERIOR INSULAR AFRS COM P
WILSON HEWITT OTHERS SOME REFRACTPROPS WASH CR USBM RI 3694
FULKERSON F B OTHERS USBM MINSYR BK VOL 3 1958 P1002
RAGAN, D.M., GEOL. OF TWIN SISTERS DUNITE NORTHERN
CASCADES, WASHINGTON, UNPUB THESIS UNIV OF WASH, 1961.
SPANSKI, G.T., TWIN SISTERS MTS, WASH, UNIV OF
ILLINOIS 1963.
CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF THE THREE LAKES AREA, TWIN SISTERS
RANGE, WHATCOM AND SKAGIT COUNTIES, WASH., SUNSHINE
MINING CO. CONFIDENTIAL REPORT, 1942.
WASH. STATE DIV. OF GEOL. AND EARTH RESOURCES, UNPUB
DATA.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LOW CHROME IRON RATIO |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Lucas, J.M. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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