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Green River

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040176
MRDS ID M054859
MAS/MILS ID 530150076
Record type Site
Current site name Green River
Related records 10305219

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -122.587, 46.385 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.5 MI SOUTH OF LEWIS COUNTY LINE; ABOUT 2 MI EAST OF 19 MILE CAMP. Coordinates are for ground disturbance near center of N2 sec. 5.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cowlitz(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hatchet Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Saint Helens and Vicinity(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hoquiam(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cowlitz(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Cowlitz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010N 002E 04 or 05 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR CONFLUENCE OF GREEN RIVER WITH NORTH FORK TOUTLE RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Goble Volcanics;Wilkes Formation
    Rock description Goble Volcanics;Wilkes Formation

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -122.587, 46.385
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN REFERENCES; GEOLOGY FROM RECENT MAPPING. BECAUSE OF UNCERTAINTY IN LOCATION, HOST ROCK IS ALSO UNCERTAIN BUT IS ONE OF THE UNITS LISTED ABOVE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1941

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Weyerhaeuser Timber Co.
    First year 1965

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION REPORTED FOR 1941

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. 364.

  • 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

    SCHASSE, H.W., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CENTRALIA QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-11, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE IN REFERENCES. A MODEL HAS NOT YET BEEN PUBLISHED FOR THIS TYPE OF DEPOSIT

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
Editor 2012-12-03 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 10305219.
Reporter 1992-11-04 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0530150076 = 10305219

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