Mine detail: Anacortes

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Location: Skagit County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long: 48.5023, -122.62487
dep_id: 10048488
mrds_id: MP00077
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Chromium
Trace mineral: Platinum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chromite
orebody_fm: UNKNOWN, POSSIBLY MASSIVE AND DISSEMINATED
model: 15: Podiform chromite (minor)
alteration: Dunite Is Serpentinized
conc_proc: Magmatic Segregation
ore_ctrl: Magmatic Segregation
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Dunite
arock_unit: Fidalgo Complex
arock_type: Peridotite
Structure: San Juan Thrust System
tectonic: Accreted Terrane
References:
  • 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.
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