Mine detail: Anacortes

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 48.5023, -122.62487

Resource(M)

Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Platinum
Ore: Chromite
Orebody form: UNKNOWN, POSSIBLY MASSIVE AND DISSEMINATED

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Dunite
Associated rock:Fidalgo Complex
Associated type:Peridotite
Structure:San Juan Thrust System
Tectonic:Accreted Terrane
Alteration processes:Dunite Is Serpentinized

References

MRDSMP00077
DEP10048488
Reference{Analytical Data:: DAY AND RICHARDS, 1906}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 39, 281.}{Deposit:: DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 333.}{Deposit:: DAY, D.T., AND RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1905, P. 1218-1219.}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.