Clear Lake

Occurrence in Yakima county in Washington, United States with commodity Mercury
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040153
MRDS ID M054836
MAS/MILS ID 530770061
Record type Site
Current site name Clear Lake
Related records 10131447

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -121.271, 46.635 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position BETWEEN CLEAR AND RIMROCK LAKES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yakima(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spiral Butte(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 012E 12 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED
  • WDMG BULL. 37 REPORTS THE LOCATION OF THIS PROSPECT AS NEAR CLEAR LAKE IN SEC. 12, T. 13 N., R. 12 E. BECAUSE CLEAR LAKE IS IN AN UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP, THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION MAY BE IN ERROR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Russell Ranch Unit;Russell Ranch Unit
    Rock description Russell Ranch Unit;Russell Ranch Unit

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) Eocene-Oligocene volcanic rocks

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION GIVEN IF REFERENCES ON MERCURY PROSPECT. GEOLOGY FROM SCHASSE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Snoqualmie National Forest

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 INFROMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 366.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 266.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO., 1941, TABULATED SUMMARY OF SPECIAL GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE REPORTS OF WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO: LAND DEPARTMENT GEOLOGY DIVISION, 19 P.

  • 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.y

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOST ROCKS UNKNOWN. IF SILICA-CARBONATE ROCKS PRESENT AS AT OTHER DEPOSITS IN REGION, DEPOSIT IS 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
Reporter 1994-03-03 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0530770061 = 10131447
Editor 2012-12-04 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 10131447

Beyond USGS

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