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Sister Creek Group

Occurrence in Whatcom 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047806
MRDS ID M700090
Record type Site
Current site name Sister Creek Group
Alternate or previous names Claims: 800 Kings, Peanuckle, 1000 Acres, Lone Pine, M&M Group, Mcarthur Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.97818, 48.72425 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 4 MILES NW OF BELL PASS, ON NE SLOPE OF TWIN SISTERS MTN

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)

Mount Baker Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 1 S2 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • AT HEADWATERS OF SISTER CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Dunite Gangue

Analytical data

Result TWO SAMPLES ASSAYED 37.4% AND 41.1% CR2 O3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.97818, 48.72425
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1934
Discoverer G. Muehlberger Et Al.

Mining district

District name Mount Baker District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Robert Mc Arthur Et Al.
    First year 1956

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, MARSHALL T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 37, P. 41

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENS OF CHROMITE SEVERAL FT LONG AND 1 FT THICK. FLOAT INDICATES ANOTHER BODY OR LENS ABOVE THIS LENS. STRINGERS OF CHROMITE OCCUR IN THREE ZONES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-81 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey

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