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Tilton River, East Fork

Occurrence in Lewis county in Washington, United States with commodity Mercury
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040193
MRDS ID M054882
Record type Site
Current site name Tilton River, East Fork

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.21222, 46.62778 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 6 MI NORTHEAST OF MORTON, Estimated On Tilton River In West Central Part Sec. 8 Near Railroad Crossing

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Centralia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hoquiam(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cowlitz(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Lewis

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 013N 005E 8 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION UNCERTAIN. ON EAST FORK TILTON RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.21222, 46.62778
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics, Proximity To Hg Lode Deposits

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Morton District

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION DATA

Comments on the workings information

  • PANNING

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. 365.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 266.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CINNABAR PANNED FROM STREAM. THIS DEPOSIT HAS BEEN GIVEN THE INFORMAL MODEL NAME PLACER HG, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN PUBLISHED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-09-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1992-11-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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