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Barnum-McDonnell

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040210
MRDS ID M054899
MAS/MILS ID 530410009
Record type Site
Current site name Barnum-McDonnell
Alternate or previous names Barnum - Mc Donnell, Barnum-Mcdonnell
Related records 10055955, 10277715

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.23333, 46.54639 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position ABOUT 2 MI EAST OF MORTON

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 005E 7 N2 OF NW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY COVERS 320 ACRES
  • ABOUT 2.25 MI SOUTHEAST OF MORTON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Intense Hydrothermal Alteration

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS 3-47 LB/TON

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) -122.23333, 46.54639
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Breccia Zone Along Fault Zone. Host Rocks Were Folded And Faulted Prior To Minralization

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS
    Strike N10-15W
    Dip 52NE
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 396.24M
    Width 106.68M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BARNUM, BLACK WALL THRUST, AND OPALITE FAULTS CONTROLLED MINERALIZATION
  • Deltaic Deposits Of The Eocene Puget Sound Group Were Folded And Faulted During The Tertiary (Gard, 1968, P. 27-29). Mineralization Probably Took Place During Or Shortly After Deformation.
  • Ore Control: Cinnabar Occurs In Fractures And Breccia Along Fault Zones In Sandstone, Shale, And Siltstone Of The Puget Group. Mafic Rocks Intruded The Sediments, And All Were Subjected To Folding And Faulting Prior To Mineralization (Mackin, 1944, P. 8). The Shear Zone That Localizes Mineralization At The Barnum-Mcdonnell Deposit Has A Maximum Thickness Of 10 Ft. The Best Ore Is In Tuffaceous Sandstone (Huntting, 1956, P. 256).
  • THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF THE PUGET GROUP CONTAIN COAL, AND FOSSILS SUGGEST BRACKISH WATER AND ESTUARINE DEPOSITIONAL CONDITIONS (MACKIN, 1944, P. 7).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1913
Discoverer Edward Barnum
Production years 1916, 1926-1929, 1931-1932, 1934, 1941

Mining district

District name Morton District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner American Mercury Corp.
    First year 1942
  • Type Owner
    Owner Floyd Ray (-
    Last year 1965

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED 75 FLASKS OF MERCURY IN 1916, 489 FLASKS IN 1926, 1,265 FLASKS 1926-1929, AND 441 FLASKS IN 1931 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 265).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1219.2M
  • Type of workings Underground

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, RAISES, WINZES, STOPES, CROSSCUTS. ALL WORKINGS INACCESSIBLE, 1965

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. 361.

  • 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, 438 P., V. 2, 67 P.

  • Deposit

    MACKIN, J.H., 1944, RELATION OF GEOLOGY TO MINERALIZATION IN THE MORTON CINNABAR DISTRICT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6, P. 7-30.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 147.

  • Production

    USBM DATA; DERKEY AND OTHERS, 1990

  • Deposit

    GARD, L.M., JR., 1968, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE LAKE TAPPS QUADRANGLE, PIERCE COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 388-B, 33 P., 2 PL.

  • Deposit

    SCHASSE, H.W., COMPILER, 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CENTRALIA QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN FILE REPORT 87-11, 28 P., 1 PL.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ARE PRESENT IN SHEAR ZONE. BEST ORE IS IN TUFFACEOUS SANDSTONE. 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 1991-01-01 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey MRDS SP00170 = 10055955
Reporter 1993-05-01 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey MRDS SP00170 = 10055955
Reporter 1993-08-24 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0530410009 = 10277715
Editor 2012-12-04 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate records MRDS SP00170 = 10055955 and MAS 0530410009= 10277715.

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