| Deposit ID | 10040151 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M054833 |
| Record type | Deposit |
| Current site name | Wildcat Creek |
| Alternate or previous names | Iron Stone Mountain |
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.2075, 46.67722 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1455 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 3 MI NORTH OF RIMROCK LAKE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yakima(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rimrock Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mount Rainier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Yakima(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Naches(hydrologic unit)
Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)
Yakima(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Yakima |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 014N | 013E | 27,28 | NW4 (27); NE4 (28) | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Nickel Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Metacinnabar | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | TWO CHIP SAMPLES CONTAINED 2.3, 0.2 LB/TON. TWO OTHER SAMPLES WERE BARREN. A SELECTED SAMPLE OF GOUGE CONTAINED 1.11% HG. SEE SIMMONS AND OTHERS FOR MORE ANALYSES |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Ohanapecosh Formation;Ohanapecosh Formation;Ohanapecosh Formation |
| Rock description | Ohanapecosh Formation;Ohanapecosh Formation;Ohanapecosh Formation |
| (1) | -121.2075, 46.67722 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Shear |
| General form | SPORADIC PODS AND VEINS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N25W |
| Dip | 75W |
| Thickness | 1.22M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1941 |
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | In Snohomish National Forest Just Outside William O. Douglas Wilderness Boundary |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. C. Thorp |
| Home office | Yakima, Wa. |
| First year | 1941 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 35.05M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M054833 |
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. 367.
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 266.
BAILEY, E.H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
SIMMONS, G.C., VAN NOY, R.M., AND ZILKA, N.T., 1983, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COUGAR LAKES-MOUNT AIX SUTDY AREA, YAKIMA AND LEWIS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1504, P. 65-71.
HUNTTING
SIMMONS AND OTHERS
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SHEAR ZONE CONTAINS CINNABAR-BEARING GOUGE. IF SILICA CARBONATE ROCK IS PRESENT, DEPOSIT MAY BE A SILICA-CARBONATE HG DEPOSIT. IF NOT, DEPOSIT MAY BE SIMILAR TO THOSE IN THE MORTON DISTRICT, FOR WHICH THERE IS NO PUBLISHED MODEL |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1976-09-01 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 1992-06-01 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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