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Mount Hawkins Mine, Cle Elum River, Cle Elum Mining District, Kittitas County, Washington, USAi
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Cle Elum RiverRiver
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
47° 26' 29'' North , 120° 59' 0'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
47.44150,-120.98350
GeoHash:
G#: c23vyuqwb
GRN:
N32W60
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Ronald308 (2011)23.1km
Roslyn903 (2017)24.2km
Easton478 (2017)27.1km
Cle Elum1,901 (2017)27.6km
South Cle Elum536 (2017)28.6km
Mindat Locality ID:
17669
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:17669:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Crowe Mine; Gallagher Head Mine; Skipper Mine


This mine is located on the southeast slope of Hawkins Mountain. It worked lenses and lumps of chromite strung out in a band of shearing in serpentinized peridotite. Developments include a 100' long trench. It produced ore during WWI and in 1942.
Tectonics: Accreted Terrane

Deposit: Chromite is present in small massive lenses. One lens was 25 x 7 x 2 ft

Deposit type: Podiform chromite (minor)

Development: Essentially mined out

Geology: Ingalls complex is an accreted ophiolite terrane

Rock formation(s): Ingalls Tectonic Complex


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2 valid minerals.

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Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘLinnaeite2.DA.05Co2+Co3+2S4
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘChromite4.BB.05Fe2+Cr3+2O4
Unclassified
ⓘ'Serpentine Subgroup'-D3[Si2O5](OH)4

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HHydrogen
Hⓘ Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
OOxygen
Oⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
Oⓘ Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
SiSilicon
Siⓘ Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
SSulfur
Sⓘ LinnaeiteCo2+Co23+S4
CrChromium
Crⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
FeIron
Feⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
CoCobalt
Coⓘ LinnaeiteCo2+Co23+S4

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References

Valentine, Grant M., Huntting, Marshall T. (1960) Part II - Metallic Minerals, in Inventory of Washington Minerals. Vol II. Bulletin 37, Washington Geological Survey.
Cannon, Bart (1975) Minerals of Washington. Cordilleran, Mercer Island, WA.
Derkey, Robert E., Joseph, Nancy L., Lasmanis, Raymond (1990, November) Metal Mines of Washington - Preliminary Report. Open File Report 90-18. Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources
Woodhouse, P., Jacobson, D., Cady, G., Pisoni, V., (2009) Discovering Washington's Historic Mines, Volume 2: The East Central Cascade Mountains and the Wenatchee Mountains. Northwest Mining Publishers, Monroe, WA, 336 pages.
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