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Quicksilver, Cinnabar, Quartz Lode

Occurrence in Yakima 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040152
MRDS ID M054834
Record type Site
Current site name Quicksilver, Cinnabar, Quartz Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.19194, 46.64222 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.6 MI EAST OF INDIAN CREEK CAMPGROUND, Estimated In Approximate Center Of Projected Section

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yakima(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rimrock Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rainier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Yakima(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Naches(hydrologic unit)

Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)

Yakima(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Yakima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 013N 013E 3 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. LOCATION GIVEN IN NOW WITHIN RIMROCK LAKE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • REPORTED BUT UNVERIFIED OCCURRENCE OF HG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Russell Ranch Unit;Russell Ranch Unit
    Rock description Russell Ranch Unit;Russell Ranch Unit

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.19194, 46.64222
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION GIVEN IN REFERENCE; GEOLOGY TAKEN FROM MAP OF MOUNT RAINIER QUADRANGLE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lester George
    Last year 1956

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. 366.

  • Deposit

    SCHASSE, H.W., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT RAINIER QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-16, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION IN LITERATURE. IF SILICA CARBONATE ROCKS ARE PRESENT AT DEPOSIT, IT MAY BE A SILICA-CARBONATE HG. IF NOT, DEPOSIT MAY BE SIMILAR TO THOSE IN THE MORTON DISTRICT, FOR WHICH THERE IS NO PUBLISHED MODEL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-09-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1992-06-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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