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Boulder Creek

Occurrence in Kittitas 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055935
MRDS ID SP00147
Record type Site
Current site name Boulder Creek
Alternate or previous names Burke
Related records 10103541

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.04312, 47.43815 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Davis Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Snoqualmie Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yakima(hydrologic unit)

Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)

Yakima(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee 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 Kittitas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 023N 014E 35 SE4 OF NE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE WEST SLOPE OF MT. HAWKINS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Serpentine Gangue

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 Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Chromite Is Present As Small Lenses In Serpentized Peridotite (Huntting, 1956, P. 37). The Chromite Originated As A Magmatic Segregation In Peridotite.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE INGALLS COMPLEX IS AN OPHIOLITE COMPLEX OF MIDDLE TO LATE JURASSIC AGE (MILLER, 1985, P. 27-42)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • TOGETHER WITH ORE FROM THE MOUNT HAWKINS MINE, ONE CARLOAD OF ORE WAS SHIPPED (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 37).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

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