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Nellie Kelly Claim

Occurrence in Skagit 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047969
MRDS ID M700341
Record type Site
Current site name Nellie Kelly Claim
Related records 10301628

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.72209, 48.5823 (WGS84)
Elevation 390
Relative position 1.5 MILES NNE OF STRAWBERRY ISLAND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skagit(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cypress Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bellingham(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Victoria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Strait of Georgia(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Skagit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 036N 001E 30 NE OF SW OF NE OF SE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF LAKE 1058 ON CYPRESS ISLAND. 1.5 MILES BY STEEP BULLDOZER ROAD FROM STRAWBERRY BAY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Dunite Gangue
Serpentine Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dunite Is Slightly Serpentinized

Analytical data

Result ASSAY: ESTIMATED AVG. OF 10% CR2O3.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.72209, 48.5823
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form KNOTS, STRINGERS, AND BUNCHES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ed Kelly And J. M. Wamba

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.005HA
    Length 12.19M
    Overall length 12.19M
    Overall width 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE ADIT 40 FT LONG AND 15 FT WIDE.

Comments on development

  • LARGE ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WDMG BULL 37, P. 39

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit KNOTS, STRINGERS, AND BUNCHES OF CHROMITE IN SLIGTLY SERPENTINIZED DUNITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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