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Johnson Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Chromium, Nickel, Iron
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041569
MRDS ID M056662
Record type Site
Current site name Johnson Creek Prospect
Alternate or previous names Funkhauser, Omak
Related records 10253068

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.58533, 48.474 (WGS84)
Elevation 533
Relative position 6 MILES NORTH OF OMAK BY ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Omak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Omak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Okanogan(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034N 026E 05 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR INTERSECTION OF RIVERSIDE CUT-OFF WITH THE OMAK-CONCONCULLY HIGHWAY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNKNOWN AMT OF PRODUCTION IN 1956-57.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Serpentine Gangue

Analytical data

Result SERPENTINE-11.35% CR2 O3 26.88% CR, 12.03% FE, 42.85% CR2 O3, 10.65% FE IN 1955

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.58533, 48.474
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD 7 1/2' X 3' X 6', 2 X 18 IN STRINGER
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 2.29M
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Ultrabasic-Dolomite Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Conconcully District; Omak Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Chrome Cliff Mines Inc.
    Home office 711 Hutton Bldg., Spokane, Wa.

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^42 % Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 42wt-pct

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT IN 1956-57.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 38.

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG IC 25

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG IC 27

  • Production

    WASH. DMG BULL 37, P. 38

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1982 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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