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Smith

Occurrence in Clark 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. 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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040174
MRDS ID M054857
MAS/MILS ID 530110062
Record type Site
Current site name Smith
Related records 10252965

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.32056, 45.65806 (WGS84)
Elevation 317
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 6.2 MI NORTHEAST OF CAMAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Larch Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Columbia-Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 002N 004E 16 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE REPORTEDLY CARRIED 2-38 LB/TON HG

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.32056, 45.65806
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN REFERENCES; PHILLIPS USED FOR UNITS

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 State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. L. Smith
    Home office Vancouver, Wa.
    First year 1951
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Washington
    Home office Washington

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. 365.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 264.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, W.M., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE VANCOUVER QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON AND OREGON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-10, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ AND ALTERED ROCK FOUND OVER A LARGE AREA. THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-09-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1992-11-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1992-12-10 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0530110062 = 1025965
Editor 2012-12-05 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record MAS 0530110062 = 1025965

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