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Chapman

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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040207
MRDS ID M054896
Record type Site
Current site name Chapman

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.24389, 46.55556 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.2 MI EAST OF MORTON, Estimated In S/2 Ne/4 Sec

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 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • BAILEY FILES SHOW CONSOLIDATED MERCURY MINING CO. HOLDINGS IN S/2 N/2 AND E/2 SE/4 SEC. 1. PUBLISHED REFERENCES GIVE LOCATION ONLY AS WITHIN MORTON DISTRICT.

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) -122.24389, 46.55556
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

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

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

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. 364.

  • 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. 265.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN REFERENCES. A MODEL HAS NOT YET BEEN PUBLISHED FOR THIS TYPE OF DEPOSIT
Deposit MAY BE SAME PROPERTY AS SECTION ONE. SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD M054886

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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