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Olivine Hill

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092672
MRDS ID M700342
Record type Site
Current site name Olivine Hill
Related records 10131760

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.69376, 48.55008 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Within 700 Yd Radius

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 035N 001E 04 SW OF SE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • A SHORT DISTANCE WEST OF TRIANGULATION POINT ON CYPRESS ISLAND. ELEVATION: AT TIDE LEVEL. NEAR SECRET HARBOR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Dunite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE RUNS 0.59% CHROMENTE

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) -122.69376, 48.55008
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS UNKNOWN.

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WDMG BULL 37, P. 39

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPARSELY DISSEMINATED GRAINS OF CHROMITE IN FRESH UNALTERED DUNITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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