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Dolphin

Occurrence in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Cobalt
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055940
MRDS ID SP00152
Record type Site
Current site name Dolphin
Alternate or previous names Bonanza
Related records 10109505

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.97924, 47.44482 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Stuart(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wenatchee(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 013E 33 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE SOUTHEAST SLOPE OF HAWKINS MOUNTAIN. THE ADIT SHOWN ON THE TOPOGRAPHIC MAP IN THE N1/2 OF THE SECTION IS ASSUMED TO BE THE LOCATION OF THE MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Serpentine Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Deposit Consists Of A Silicified Zone As Much As 50ft. Wide In Serpentinite (Huntting, 1956, P. 60). The Deposit Consists Of Copper And Iron Sulfides And Could Be A Magmatic Segregation Deposit.

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
Production years 1905 AND 1907

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED IN 1905 AND AGAIN IN 1907 ABOUT 5 TONS OF ORE (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 60)

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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