Mine detail: Blewett Iron

Previously called 'BlewettWashington Nickel'

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Location

Lat / long: 47.39232, -120.65923

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron, Nickel, Chromium
Ore: Chromite, Hematite, Magnetite
Gangue: Serpentine

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Serpentinite
Tectonic:Several Iron-Nickel-Chromium Lateritic Deposits Overlie Serpentinized Ultramafic Rocks (Broughton, 1943, P.9-13) Of The Ingalls Complex, A Jurassic Ophiolite Complex (Miller, 1985, P. 27; Tabor And Others, 1982, P. 5-6).

References

MRDSSP00037
DEP10055839
Reference{Deposit:: WDGER OFR 90-18.}{Deposit:: BROUGHTON, W.A., 1943, THE BLEWETT IRON DEPOSIT, CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON (WITH PRELIMINARY TONNAGE ESTIMATES): WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 10, 17P., 1 PL.}{Deposit:: BROUGHTON, W. A., 1944, ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE BLEWETT-CLE ELUM IRON ORE ZONE, CHELAN AND KITTITAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 12, 42 P., 7 PL.}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67P.}{Deposit:: LAMEY, C. A., 1950, THE BLEWETT IRON-NICKEL DEPOSIT, CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 969-D, P. 87-103, 2 PL.}{Deposit:: LUPHER, R.L., 1944, STRATIGRAPHIC ASPECTS OF THE BLEWETT-CLE ELUM IRON ORE ZONE, CHELAN AND KITTITAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 11, 63 P., 2 PL.}{Deposit:: MILLER, R. B., 1985, THE OPHILITIC INGALLS COMPLEX, NORTH-CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS, WASHINGTON: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 96, NO. 1, P. 27-42.}{Deposit:: TABOR, R.W.; WAITT, R.B.; FRIZZELL, V.A., JR.; SWANSON, D.A.; BYERLY, G.R.; BENTLEY, R.D., 1982, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WENATCHEE 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS SERIES MAP 1-1311, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:100,000, WITH 26 P. TEXT.}
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