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Section Thirty-Six

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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040196
MRDS ID M054885
MAS/MILS ID 530410019
Record type Site
Current site name Section Thirty-Six
Alternate or previous names Section Thiry-Six
Related records 10277773

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.2425, 46.56389 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.3 MI EAST-NORTHEAST OF MORTON, Estimated Within Quarter Quarter Section, Estimated Within Quarter Quarter Section

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 013N 004E 36 SE4 OF SE4 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.2425, 46.56389
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN REFERENCES; PRESUMED SIMILAR TO THAT AT OTHER PROPERTIES IN DISTRICT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Morton District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Washington
    Home office Washington

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION DATA

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, 2 TRENCHES

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. 265.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED FAULT ZONE. 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 1993-08-27 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0530410019 = 10277773
Editor 2012-12-05 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record MAS 0530410019 = 10277773

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