Mineral Creek

Occurrence in Lewis county in Washington, United States with commodities Arsenic, Zinc, Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093016
MRDS ID SP00173
Record type Site
Current site name Mineral Creek
Related records 10301613

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.10176, 46.66648 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anderson Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Centralia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hoquiam(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nisqually(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 Lewis

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 014N 006E 30 SW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON MINERAL CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Realgar Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.10176, 46.66648

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCKS AT THE MINERAL CREEK DEPOSIT ARE IN A SEQUENCE OF EOCENE TO OLIGOCENE BASALTIC ANDESITE AND ANDESTIE FLOWS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTEDLY 1000 TONS OF ARSENIC ORE PRODUCED IN 1903 AND SOME PRODUCTION IN 1904 AND 1904. A SAMPLE SAID TO COME FROM A 300-FT FACE ASSAYED 3.8% ZN, 3.6% PB AND 2.56 OZ/TON AG (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 363).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.