Lambert Group

Occurrence in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047780
MRDS ID M700059
Record type Site
Current site name Lambert Group
Alternate or previous names Claims: Anne, Cultus, Robert, Skookum, Sisters
Related records 10254002

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.98902, 48.68425 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Sisters Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Baker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nooksack(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie 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 Whatcom

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 037N 006E 14,23,24 S2 (14); E2 (23); SW4 (24) Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON WESTERN SLOPE OF TWIN SISTERS PEAK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Dunite Gangue

Analytical data

Result CULTUS AND SKOOKUM CLAIMS: 16.49-36.92% CR2O3, CR/FE 2.65. SISTERS CLAIM: 45-52% CR2O3. VALUES FOR LAMBERT GROUP ( MARSHALL, 1965): 56.58-58.14% CR2O3, 14.59-15.03% FE, CR/FE 2.65
Result THESE ARE INCONSISTANT WITH SOME OF THE VALUES GIVEN FOR INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS.

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 Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.98902, 48.68425

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN, DISSEMINATED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1930
Discoverer S.S. Lambert

Mining district

District name Mount Baker District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Yamate Trading Co., Ltd.
    Home office San Francisco, Ca
    First year 1956

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 37, P. 40-42

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 57, P. 67-68

  • Deposit

    U.S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1966, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, P. 69.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 DEPOSITS ABOUT 800 FT APART ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF CREEK. NORTHERN DEPOSIT HAS SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF 50% CHROMITE IN BANDED AND DISSEMINATED ORE ZONE 240 FT LONG, UP TO 50 FT WIDE, AND HAVING EXPOSED DEPTH OF 50 FT. THE SOUTHERN DEPOSIT IS SIMILAR BUT SMALLER AND LOWER GRADE. CULTUS CLAIM: DISSEMINATED CHROMITE IN ZONE 5 FT WIDE, 200 FT LONG SHOWS IN BLUFF TO DEPTH OF 30 FT. SKOOKUM CLAIM: 10-30 FT WIDE AND 80 FT LONG. ROBERT AND ANNE CLAIMS: CHROMITE STRINGERS 1-6 INCHES THICK AND 5-20 FT LONG. SISTERS CLAIM: CHROMITE VEIN 1-2 FT. THICK, 20 FT LONG, N 20 DEG W STRIKE. WARREN CLAIM: SEVERAL IRREGULAR SHOWINGS OF LOW-GRADE ORE 5-10 FT THICK.
Deposit MRDS RECORD W017924 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED
Deposit 6 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 19-JUN-1985 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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