Spencer

Past Producer in Lewis 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040194
MRDS ID M054883
MAS/MILS ID 530410020
Record type Site
Current site name Spencer
Related records 10277427

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.24861, 46.56 (WGS84)
Elevation 437
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.1 MI EAST OF MORTON, Accurate Within Claim Area, Probably Close To Adits

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glenoma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Saint Helens and Vicinity(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 012N 004E 1 NW4 OF NE4 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Puget Group;Puget Group
    Rock description Puget Group;Puget Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.24861, 46.56

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Host Rocks Were Folded And Faulted In Tertiary

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS, SEAMS
    Thickness 0.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joints And Breccia Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1934

Mining district

District name Morton District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rainier Mining Co.
    First year 1956
  • Type Owner
    Owner Northern Pacific Railway Co.
    First year 1956

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 2.13M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 CAVED ADITS, 6 SHALLOW PITS, 2 SHAFTS, BULLDOZER TRENCHES. QUANTITY OF MATERIAL ON DUMP INDICATES THAT WORKINGS, NOW INACCESSIBLE, WERE FAIRLY EXTENSIVE

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 INFORMATIN CIRCULAR 8252, P. 365.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    MACKIN, J.H., 1944, RELATION OF GEOLOGY TO MINERALIZATION IN THE MORTON CINNABAR DISTRICT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 6, P. 39-41.

  • Production

    USBM DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEAMS TO 0.375 IN. WIDE ALONG JOINTS IN SANDSTONE AND IN A 6-14 IN. WIDE BRECCIA ZONE. MAIN LEAD TRENDS E-W. A MODEL HAS NOT YET BEEN PUBLISHED FOR THIS TYPE OF DEPOSIT

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
Reporter 1993-08-24 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0530410020 = 10277427
Editor 2012-12-05 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record MAS 0530410020 = 10277427

Beyond USGS

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