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Johnson Creek

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Chromium, Nickel, Iron
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055997
MRDS ID SP00234
Record type Site
Current site name Johnson Creek
Alternate or previous names Funkhauser, Omak;

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.58366, 48.48177 (WGS84)
Elevation 533
Relative position 6 MILES NORTH OF OMAK BY ROAD; NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF THE RIVERSIDE CUT-OFF AND THE OMAK-CONCONULLY HIGHWAY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Omak(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 034N 026E 5 NE4 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Antigorite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnesite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Mesozoic granitic rocks, undivided
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description An Ultramafic Mass In The North Cascades

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Deposit Is Near And Ultrabasic-Dolomite Contact. Chromite Is Disseminated Sparsely Through The Ultrabasic Rock. Near The Ultrabasic-Dolomite Contact, A Tabular Body Of Nearly Solid Chromite Is Present; It Measures 7.5 Feet By 6 Feet By 3 Feet. A Stringer About 2 In. Wide And 18 In. Long Was Found About 10 Feet North Of The Main Pod (Huntting, 1956, P. 38).

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS IN CALC-SILICATE ROCK DERIVED FROM ALTERED ULTRABASIC ROCKS OR FROM DOLOMITIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. THE CHROMITE-BEARING UNIT CONSISTS OF CALC-SILICATE MINERALS AND MAGNESITE, TALC, AND TREMOLITE; SERPENTINIZED MAGNESITE TALC SCHIST; AND GARNET-DIOPSIDE CALC-SILICATE GRANOFELS, HORNBLENDE SCHIST, AND SERPENTINIZED CARBONATE (GULICK AND KOROSEC, 1990, P. 27).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Conconully, Omak Area

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED 5.9 TONS OF ORE IN 1955; THESE ASSAYED 42% CR2O3 AND HAD A CR/FE RATIO OF 2.9 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 38).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANTA, H.E., 1956, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS, 1956: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 25, 87 P.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E.; JOSEPH, N.L.; LASMANIS, R., 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON-PRELIMINARY REPORT: STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, 577 P.

  • Deposit

    GULICK, C.W.; KOROSEC, M.A., COMPILERS, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OMAK 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-12, 52 P., 1 PL.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, V.E., JR., 1957, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS, 1956: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 27, 94 P.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, HEWITT; SKINNER, K.G.; HURST, T.L., 1943, SOME REFRACTORY PROPERTIES ON WASHINTON CHROMITE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIAGTIONS 3964, 31 P.

Reporter information

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

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