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Thunder Mountain Group

Occurrence in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron, Magnesite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10047813
MRDS ID M700099
Record type Site
Current site name Thunder Mountain Group
Alternate or previous names Claims: Crater: Hardscrabble, Thunder Group, Odmark Group
Related records 10131537

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.01235, 48.70814 (WGS84)
Relative position 9 MILES E OF ACME

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cavanaugh Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bellingham(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Victoria(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 3,10 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary
Magnesite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Dunite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 13.3 TO 31.3% CR, WITH AVERAGE OF 18.2% CR FROM 7 SAMPLES, 3.8% FE, 9.9% MG

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.01235, 48.70814
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 18.29M
    Width 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1931

Mining district

District name Mount Baker District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Odmark, Albert
    First year 1956

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. 42

  • Deposit

    MOEN, WAYNES., 1909, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 57, P. 67-68

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1966, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCE OF WASHINGTON; U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE P. 69

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL STRINGERS AND STREAKS OF CHROMITE OVER AREA 60 FTE-W, BY 50 FT.
Deposit 10 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

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