| Deposit ID | 10048613 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | MP00211 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 530330089 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cardinal Reward Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Cardinal Reward, Cardinal Reward Property |
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.93667, 47.30944 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 244 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 2 MI NORTH-NORTHWEST OF CUMBERLAND |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | King |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 021N | 007E | 17 | NE4 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Orpiment | Ore |
| Realgar | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Puget Group | ||||
| Rock description | Puget Group | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -121.93667, 47.30944 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northwest Trending Anticline Cut By Faults |
| General form | DISSEMINATED |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1958 |
| Discoverer | Washington Mining Corp. |
| District name | Green River District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Northern Pacific Railroad |
| First year | 1958 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 213.36M |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | MP00211 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 530330089 | = newMRDS 10155884, merged and deleted. |
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. 363, 364.
LIVINGSTON, V.E., JR., 1971, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 63, P. 154; TABLE 28, p. 173.
LIVINGSTON, 1971
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SIMILAR TO NEARBY ROYAL REWARD MINE, BUT THERE IS NO STRUCTURAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO. ORE OCCURS DISSEMINATED IN STEEPLY DIPPING CARBONATE BED AND AS FRACTURE FILLINGS IN UNDERLYING SANDSTONE. A MODEL HAS NOT YET BEEN PUBLISHED FOR THIS TYPE OF DEPOSIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1992-04-01 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 1994-02-18 | Ridenour, James | U.S. Bureau of Mines | MAS 0530330089 = 10155884 |
| Updater | 2012-12-05 | Wilson, Anna B | U.S. Geological Survey | merged and deleted duplicate record MAS 0530330089 = 10155884 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.