Cle Elum River Area 1

Prospect in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron, Nickel
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10156221
MRDS ID US53035
MAS/MILS ID 0530370153
Record type Site
Current site name Cle Elum River Area 1
Alternate or previous names Cle Elum River South Deposit, Balfour Guthrie, Magnetic Ridge - 0530370413

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -121.05118, 47.42902 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Davis Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Snoqualmie Pass(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 022 N 014 E 01 NW Washington

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT ALSO IN SE/4 AND NW/4 SEC. 1, AND E/2 SEC. 3. SEE ALSO 0530370003, 0530370433, 0530370434, AND 0530370435.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Garnierite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Millerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -121.05118, 47.42902

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65W
    Dip 18S
    Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 LATERITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Strike And Dip N65W:18S
    Date of Last Modification 941206
  • Strike N10W
    Dip 20S
    Field Value
    MAS Column # 2
    Type of Orebody #1 LATERITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Strike And Dip N10W:20S
    Date of Last Modification 940330

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cle Elum District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Balfour, Guthrie And Co., Ltd.
    Home office Washington
    Year 1944

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. GEOL. RI 11, 1944, P. 54-63.

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. GEOL. RI 12, 1944, P. 36-37.

  • Deposit

    ZAPFFE, CARL, 1949, A REVIEW OF IRON BEARING DEPOSITS IN WA,

  • Deposit

    OR, AND IDAHO: RESOURCE REPORT NO. 5 FOR THE RAW

  • Deposit

    MATERIALS SURVEY, PORTLAND, OR, P. 67-76.

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 197.

  • Deposit

    BINON, L.C., 1959, COMMODITY REPORT - IRON ORE RESOURCES OF

  • Deposit

    THE PACIFIC NW: NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO., PROPERTIES

  • Deposit

    AND INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEVELOPMENT, P. 111-114.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-DEC-94 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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