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Royal Reward Mine

Past Producer in King county in Washington, United States with commodities Mercury, Arsenic, Antimony
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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. 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 10042388
MRDS ID M060155
MAS/MILS ID 530330202
Record type Site
Current site name Royal Reward Mine
Alternate or previous names Royal Reward

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.93361, 47.315 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES SE OF RAVENSDALE; ABOUT 2.5 MI NORTH OF CUMBERLAND, Estimated In Se/4 Sec. 8 At Edge Of Plateau

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

King(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cumberland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Snoqualmie Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Duwamish(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington King

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 021N 007E 08,09 SE4 OF SE4 (08) OF NW4 OF SW4 OF SW4 (09) Washington

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPEARS TO BE IS QUESTION. IT MAY BE IN SEC. 8 OR IN SEC. 9 ON SMALL TERRACE ON SOUTH BANK OF GREEN RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Orpiment Ore
Realgar Ore
Stibnite Ore

Analytical data

Result STOCK PILE ORE. 6.8 LB. HG/TON, 0.09% AS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Puget Group
    Rock description Puget Group

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N9w Trending Asymmetrical Anticline Cut By An East-Dipping Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Plunge -10 DEG
    Plunge direction S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION IS ALONG CREST OF A TIGHTLY FOLDED ASYMMETRICAL ANTICLINE. THE MINERALIZATION IS GREATEST WHERE A FAULT CUTS THE CREST. LARGEST MINERALIZED POD CONTAINED 300 POUNDS CINNABAR.
  • Tectonic Setting: The Eocene Rocks Were Extensively Folded And Faulted Prior To Deposition Of The Cinnabar (Livingston, 1971, P. 153-154).
  • Ore Control: Two Sets Of Faults Cut The Folded Rocks; Mineralization Is Present Along Both Sets Of Faults. Cinnabar Mineralization Occurs In Pods And Disseminations In The Fault Breccia. Stibnite Is Common In The Nearby Cardinal Reward Property (Rice, 1962, Private Report In Dger Files).
  • THE PUGET GROUP CONSISTS OF PREDOMINANTLY FLUVIAL AND SOME NEARSHORE MARINE SANDSTONE, SILTSTONE, CLAYSTONE, AND COAL (FRIZZELL AND OTHERS, 1984, P. 26). MUCH OF THE MINERALIZATION OCCURS AT THE CONTACT BETWEEN SANDSTONE AND CARBONACEOUS CLAYSTONE (RICE, 1962, PRIVATE REPORT).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Discoverer Larry Berkshire
Year of first production 1957

Mining district

District name Green River District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Washington Mining Corp.
    First year 1969

Comments on the production information

  • THE PROPERTY PRODUCED ABOUT 20 FLASKS OF MERCURY (LIVINGSTON, 1971, P. 154).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 74.68M
    Overall depth 51.21M
  • Type of workings Underground

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 168 FT. TWO COMPARTMENT SHAFT, A 100 FT. SOUTH-TRENDING DRIFT AND A 50 FT. WEST-TRENDING CROSSCUT, AND A 95 FT ADIT

Comments on development

  • ARSENIC CONTAMINATES THE MERCURY; ORE CONCENTRATIONS DISTRIBUTED ERRATICALLY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, V. E. JR., 1971, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 63, P. 153-154. (TABLE 28, P. 173)

  • 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. 362-363, 365.

  • 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. 120.

  • Deposit

    FRIZZELL, V.A., JR.; TABOR, R.W.; BOOTH, D.B.; ORT, K.M.; WAITT, R.B., 1984, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SNOQUALMIE PASS 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-693, 42 P., 1 PL.

  • Production

    LIVINGSTON, 1971

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, V.E., 1957, MEMORANDUM REPORT ON THE 1957 EXAMINATION OF THE ROYAL REWARD MINE, 3 P., THESE REPORTS ARE IN DGER FILES.

  • Deposit

    RICE, W.L., 1962, SUMMARY OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE CARDINAL REWARD AND ROYAL REWARD MINE, KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: PRIVATE REPORT FOR NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, 3 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS AS PODS AND DISSEMINATIONS IN FAULT BRECCIA. A MODEL HAS NOT YET BEEN PUBLISHED FOR THIS TYPE OF DEPOSIT
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1973-10-01 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1992-04-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2012-11-30 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate records 10055931 and 10253261.
Reporter 1991-01-01 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey Originator of MRDS SP00143 (10055931).
Reporter 1992-12-01 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey Updater of MRDS SP00143 (10055931).
Reporter 1994-06-23 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 05300330202 = 10253261

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