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Denny

Occurrence in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodities Mercury, Chromium, Nickel, Gold
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040170
MRDS ID M054853
Record type Site
Current site name Denny

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.02361, 47.44306 (WGS84)
Elevation 1631
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI NORTHEAST OF END OF DINNY ROAD, 18 MI BY ROAD FROM RONALD; ABOUT 2.9 MI EAST OF DAVIS PEAK
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Kittitas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 023N 014E 36 NE4 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Chromium Secondary
Nickel Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Cinnabar Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 110
USGS model code 38a
BC deposit profile B02
Deposit model name Lateritic Ni

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Rock unit name Ingalls Tectonic Complex
    Rock description Ingalls Tectonic Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.02361, 47.44306
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Ore body information

  • General form PODS, DISSEMINATED

Comments on the geologic information

  • INGALLS COMPLEX IS AN ACCRETED OPHIOLITE

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cle Elum District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Wenatchee National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fred Denny, H.M., Douglas, Chris Ludker
    Home office Seattle, Wa.
    First year 1942

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M054853

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1965, MERCURY IN WASHINGTON, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 366.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 37.

  • Deposit

    FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., ORT, K.M., AND WAITT, R.B., JR., 1984, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SNOQUALMIE PASS 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-693, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT COULD BE A LATERITIC NI DEPOSIT OVERPRINTED BY A SILICA-CARBONATE HG DEPOSIT
Deposit MRDS RECORD M025859 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-09-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1992-04-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey