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Okanogan

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Chromium, Platinum
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048489
MRDS ID MP00078
Record type Site
Current site name Okanogan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.59366, 48.35316 (WGS84)
Elevation 247

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Omak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Okanogan(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 033N 026E Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NO EXACT LOCATION GIVEN - PRESUMED TO BE NEAR CITY OF OKANOGAN. LOCATION GIVEN IS ON OKANOGAN RIVER WHERE STATE HIGHWAY 20 CROSSES. THE RIVER IS THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN PRIVATE LAND AND THE COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY: 0.25 OZ/TON PT+OS+IR REPORTED BY C.W. SMITH

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.59366, 48.35316
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Comments on the geologic information

  • VERY LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 38.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J.T., 1929, PLATINUM AND BLACK SAND IN WASHINGTON, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1928: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 805, P. 10.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS DEPOSIT IS MOST LIKELY A PODIFORM CHROMITE IN THE "SERPENTINITE DIKE" BUT MAY ALSO REPRESENT A PLACER ACCUMULATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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