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Mount Hawkins

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. 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 10093012
MRDS ID SP00161
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Hawkins
Alternate or previous names Crowe, Gallagher Head, Skipper;
Related records 10036895, 10228621

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.98368, 47.44149 (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 015E 33 SW4 OF NW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • IN DREW CREEK DRAINAGE ON THE SOUTHEAST SLOPE OF HAWKINS MOUNTAIN, NEAR A SMALL LAKE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
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

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

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

  • THE MOUNT HAWKINS PRODUCED ABOUT 15 TONS OF ORE DURING WORLD WAR II (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 37-38).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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