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Mount Hawkins Mine

Past Producer in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodity Chromium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036895
MRDS ID M025860
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Hawkins Mine
Alternate or previous names Crowe, Gallagher Head, Skipper
Related records 10093012

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.98368, 47.44149 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 24 MI BY ROAD FROM RONALD; ABOUT 0.2 MI SOUTHWEST OF GALLAGHER HEAD LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Stuart(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 023N 015E 33 SW4 OF NW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • IN DE ROUX CREEK DRAINAGE ON SOUTHEAST SLOPE OF HAWKINS MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Serpentine Gangue

Analytical data

Result 15 TONS AVERAGED 50% CR2O3

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 15
USGS model code 8a
Deposit model name Podiform chromite (minor)
Mark3 model number none

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Ingalls Tectonic Complex
    Rock description Ingalls Tectonic Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form MASSIVE LENSES
    Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • INGALLS COMPLEX IS AN ACCRETED OPHIOLITE TERRANE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Wenatchee National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Skipper Chrome Mining Co.
    Home office Seattle, Wa.
    First year 1942
  • Type Owner
    Owner Jack Crowe
    Home office Cle Elum, Wa.
    First year 1942

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCH

Comments on development

  • ESSENTIALLY MINED OUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 37-38.

  • 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. 138.

  • Production

    HUNTTING, 1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHROMITE IS PRESENT IN SMALL MASSIVE LENSES. ONE LENS WAS 25 X 7 X 2 FT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1992 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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