Mine detail: Boulder Creek

Previously called 'Burke'

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Location: Kittitas County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long: 47.43815, -121.04312
dep_id: 10055935
mrds_id: SP00147
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Chromium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chromite
gangue: Serpentine
model: 15: Podiform chromite (minor)
ore_ctrl: Chromite Is Present As Small Lenses In Serpentized Peridotite (Huntting, 1956, P. 37). The Chromite Originated As A Magmatic Segregation In Peridotite.
Reporter: Berger, Mary A., Frank, Dave
hrock_type: Serpentinite
tectonic: The Ingalls Complex Is An Ophiolite Complex (Miller, 1985, P. 27)
References:
  • Deposit:: FRIZZELL, V.A., JR.; TABOR, R.W.; BOOTH, D.B.; ORT, K.M.; WAITT, R.B., 1984, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SNOQUALMIE PASS 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-693, 42 P., 1 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, 67 P.
  • Deposit:: MILLER, R. B., 1985, THE OPHIOLITIC INGALLS COMPLEX, NORTH-CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS, WASHINGTON: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 96, NO. 1, P. 27-42.
  • Deposit:: WDGER OFR 90-18
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