Washington · Kittitas County
Past Producer

Boulder Creek Mine

Kittitas County, Washington, United States
Chromium
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Commodities
PrimaryChromium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model15: Podiform chromite (minor)
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formMASSIVE SMALL LENSES
Materials
Ore mineralsChromite
GangueSerpentine
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite · Ingalls Tectonic Complex
Tectonic settingAccreted Ophiolite Terrane
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsWWI
Identification
Deposit ID10103541
MRDS IDM025858
Alternate namesBurke
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates47.43815, -121.04312
References
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVNETRORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 37.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. 124.HUNTTING, 1956