Morning Glory

Occurrence in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040165
MRDS ID M054848
MAS/MILS ID 530370357
Record type Site
Current site name Morning Glory
Alternate or previous names Morning Glory Prospect
Related records 10252859

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -120.85944, 47.41093 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 6.4 MI SOUTH OF COLCHICK LAKE, Estimated Between The Estimated Locations For Big Thing And Boulder Creek

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Enchantment Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yakima(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Kittitas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 022N 016E 8 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Quartz Gangue
Calcite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 179
USGS model code 27c
Deposit model name Silica-carbonate Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate
    Rock unit name Ingalls Tectonic Complex
    Rock description Ingalls Tectonic Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -120.85944, 47.41093

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN
    Strike S80W
    Dip 45N

Comments on the geologic information

  • AGE OF FORMATION OF THE SILICA CARBONATE IS NOT KNOWN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
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 Leroy Smith, E.J. Green (-
    Last year 1965

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS

Reference information

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

    TABOR, R.W., WAITT, R.B., JR., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., SWANSON, D.A., BYERLY, G.R., AND BENTLEY, R.D., 1982, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WENATCHEE 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1311, SCALE 1:100,000.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FILES (WFOC).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION IS IN A "SILICEOUS CARBONATE DIKE" ABOUT 60 FT. WIDE. MINERALIZED ROCK CAN BE TRACED UP BEAN CREEK FROM 5,200 TO 6,200 FT. ELEVATION.

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
Editor 2012-11-30 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 10252859.
Reporter 1994-04-04 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0530370357 = 10252859

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.