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Stafford Creek Area 2

Prospect in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron, Nickel
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10204975
MRDS ID M025897
MAS/MILS ID 0530370161
Record type Site
Current site name Stafford Creek Area 2
Alternate or previous names Stafford Creek, Reed, Cook
Related records 10036927

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.81538, 47.39262 (WGS84)
Elevation 1570
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Enchantment Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wenatchee(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 022 N 016 E 15 NESWSE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.81538, 47.39262
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 LATERITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Date of Last Modification 940401

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Swauk Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. GEOL. RI 12, 1944, P. 21-22.

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 197.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-JUN-94 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

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