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Stepstone Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041663
MRDS ID M056820
Record type Site
Current site name Stepstone Claims
Alternate or previous names Cabin
Related records 10277608

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.95253, 48.30734 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stepstone Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nespelem(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chief Joseph(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
032N 031E 05 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • SEE IDELL (NI), JUMBO (CR)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Genthite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVG. 1.22% NI, 2.97% CR2 O3. QTZ LENS-1.56% NI DUMP-2.65% N

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Eocene-Oligocene volcanic rocks
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description 15 Foot Serpentine Body

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES IN 6' LIMESTONE
    Width 0.3M
  • General form LENSES IN 6' LIMESTONE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Serpentine, Limestone Bodies

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SERPENTINE, LIMESTONE ENCLOSED IN QUARTZITE, ARGILLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nespelem

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey

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