Chrome 1-6

Prospect in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodity Chromium
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10301882
MAS/MILS ID 0530370354
Record type Site
Current site name Chrome 1-6
Alternate or previous names Denny

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -121.02648, 47.44372 (WGS84)
Elevation 1608
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 023 N 014 E 36 NE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -121.02648, 47.44372

Economic information

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 Fred Denny
    Home office Washington
    Year 1942
  • Type Operator
    Owner H. B. Lake And Others
    Home office Washington
    Year 1942

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 37.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS PROPERTY WAS LOCATED BY FRED DENNY AND OTHERS. IT WAS LEASED TO A GROUP HEADED BY H.B. LAKE. LATER, A STAN ANDERSON AND A.H. BROWN BECAME INVOLVED. SEVERAL PITS AND TRENCHES WERE PRESENT ON CLAIM #1 IN 1942.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-APR-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.