Commodities
PrimaryChromium, Nickel, Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlThe Deposit Is Near And Ultrabasic-Dolomite Contact. Chromite Is Disseminated Sparsely Through The Ultrabasic Rock. Near The Ultrabasic-Dolomite Contact, A Tabular Body Of Nearly Solid Chromite Is Present; It Measures 7.5 Feet By 6 Feet By 3 Feet. A Stringer About 2 In. Wide And 18 In. Long Was Found About 10 Feet North Of The Main Pod (Huntting, 1956, P. 38).
Materials
Ore mineralsChromite
GangueAntigorite, Diopside, Garnet, Magnesite, Talc
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite
StructureAn Ultramafic Mass In The North Cascades
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10055997
MRDS IDSP00234
Alternate namesFunkhauser, Omak;
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.48177, -119.58366
References
BANTA, H.E., 1956, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS, 1956: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 25, 87 P.DERKEY, R.E.; JOSEPH, N.L.; LASMANIS, R., 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON-PRELIMINARY REPORT: STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, 577 P.GULICK, C.W.; KOROSEC, M.A., COMPILERS, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OMAK 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-12, 52 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.LIVINGSTON, V.E., JR., 1957, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS, 1956: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 27, 94 P.WILSON, HEWITT; SKINNER, K.G.; HURST, T.L., 1943, SOME REFRACTORY PROPERTIES ON WASHINTON CHROMITE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIAGTIONS 3964, 31 P.