| Deposit ID | 10040160 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M054843 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 530070626 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | King Creek |
| Related records | 10252608 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -120.685, 47.40528 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1219 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 1.6 MI SOUTHWEST OF BLEWETT CAMP, Estimated In Se Corner Of Section By Head Of King Creek |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Chelan(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Blewett(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Wenatchee(hydrologic unit)
Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Columbia(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Chelan |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 022N | 017E | 10 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Model code | 179 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 27c |
| Deposit model name | Silica-carbonate Hg |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Ingalls Tectonic Complex | ||||
| Rock description | Ingalls Tectonic Complex | ||||
| |||||
| Ore Body (1) | -120.685, 47.40528 |
|---|
| General form | VEINLET |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 0M |
| Length | 6.1M |
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Blewett District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | In Wenatchee National Forest |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M054843 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 530070626 | = newMRDS 10252608, 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. 263.
HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 263.
WEAVER, C.E., 1911, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BLEWETT MINING DISTRICT: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 6, P. 78.
TABOR, R.W., WAITT, R.B., JR., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., SWANSON, D.A., BYERLY, G.R., AND BENTLEY, R.D., 1982, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WENATCHEE 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1311, SCALE 1:100,000.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEINLET OF CINNABAR 0.1 IN THICK CUTS SERPENTINE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1976-09-01 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 1992-04-01 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 2012-12-03 | Wilson, Anna B | U.S. Geological Survey | merged and deleted duplicate record 10252608 |
| Reporter | 1994-08-11 | Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | MAS 0530070626 = 10252608 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.