| Deposit ID | 10131825 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W017836 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0530570003 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hamilton Iron Deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | Iron Mountain, Last Chance, Scottish Chief, Keystone, Mayflower, Blue Jay, Washington, Fairhaven, Inaugural, Helena, Legal Tender, Parnell, Gladstone |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.95264, 48.50041 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 251 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Skagit(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Hamilton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mount Baker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Skagit(hydrologic unit)
Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)
Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Skagit |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 035 N | 007 E | 30 | C NWNE | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Primary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Tertiary |
| Silica | Tertiary |
| Sulfur | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Apatite | Unknown |
| Biotite | Unknown |
| Garnet | Unknown |
| Hematite | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Riebeckite | Unknown |
| Tourmaline | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -121.95264, 48.50041 |
|---|
| Strike | N60W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 55S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 152M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 396M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 4M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 32HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1881 |
| District name | Hamilton District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Seattle Trust And Savings |
| Interest | 99 |
| Home office | 802 2nd St., Seattle, WA 98104 |
| Year | 1977 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0530570003 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W017836 | MAS references MRDS |
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASH. MINERALS: WN DIV.
OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 37
HODGE, E.T., 1935, AVAILABILITY OF RAW MATERIALS FOR THE
PACIFIC COAST IRON IND. USARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS REPORTS,
5 VOLS.
LIVINGSTON, V.E., 1966, IRON: IN MINERAL & WATER RESOURCES
OF WN. WN DIV. OF MINES & GEOL. REPRINT #9
GLOVER, S.L., 1942, WN IRON ORES, WN DIV. OF MINES & GEOL.
RI #2
ZAPFFE, CARL, 1944, HAMILTON MINING DIST.: IRON-BEARING
ROCKS ON IRON MT. IN SKAGIT CO. WN. T35N, R6&7E. UNPUBLISH
ED COMPANY MEMO NORTHERN PACIFIC RR CO., BRAINERD, MINN.
BINON, L.C., 1959, COMMOD. REPT., IRON RES. OF PACIFIC
NORTHWEST, UNPUBLISHED REPT NORTHERN PACIFIC RR.
SHEDD,SOLON, JENKING, O.P., COOPER, H.H., 1922, IRON ORES
FUELS & FLUXES OF WN: WN DIV. GEOL. BULL.27
WN DIV. GEOL. & EARTH RESOURCES UNPUBLISHED DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PREPRODUCTION TIME: 6 MO TO 1 YEAR |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Lucas | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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