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Negro Creek

Prospect in Chelan 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 10300971
MAS/MILS ID 0530070455
Record type Site
Current site name Negro Creek
Alternate or previous names Nigger Creek, Davenport

Comments on the site names

  • The original site name contained a derogatory word that has been changed according to Department of the Interior policy outlined at http://geonames.usgs.gov/docs/pro_pol_pro.pdf. See Chap. 3, Policy V. The revised form of the name now appears in the permanent record as the "Current" or preferred site name, and the prior, derogatory name is labeled "Previous".

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.76978, 47.40622 (WGS84)
Elevation 1475
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(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)

Wenatchee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(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 Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 022 N 016 E 12 SESE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Primary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.76978, 47.40622
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 LATERITE
    Date of Last Modification 940916

Comments on the geologic information

  • ROCK IS A SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITE AND MINERALS INCLUDES A CLAY-RICH RESIDUUM OF LATERITES. REPORTED RESOURCES OF 59,850 TONS EXPOSED, 45,720 TONS PROBABLE AND 435,850 TONS POSSIBLE ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blewett

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA ST BULL 37,P 194,METALLICS

  • Deposit

    ALSO IN SW1/4S1/2 AND SE1/4N1/2 SEC 7 AND SW1/4NW1/4 SEC 8 (

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-SEP-94 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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