Commodities
PrimaryNickel, Chromium, Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlWeathering Of Serpenitnized Peridotite Prior To Deposition Of The Eocene Swauk Formation. The Iron Minerals Derived From The Peridotite Remain In The Residuum On The Peridotite And In The Basal Beds Of The Swauk Formation Overlying And Flanking The Peridotite (Shedd And Others, 1922, P. 77-79).
Materials
Ore mineralsGarnierite, Hematite, Magnetite, Millerite
GangueSerpentine
Geology
Host rockSandstone
Tectonic settingThe Eocene Swauk Formation Was Deposited On Tectonically Emplaced, Serpentinized Ingalls Complex.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10055939
MRDS IDSP00151
Alternate namesCle Elum River North Deposit, Cle Elum River South Deposit, Balfour Guthrie;
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates47.43121, -121.05562
References
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.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.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.SHEDD, SOLON; JENKINS, O.P.; COOPER, H.H., 1922, IRON ORES, FUELS, AND FLUXES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 27, 160 P., 1 PL.WDGER OFR 90-18