Parmenter

Past Producer in Lewis 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040199
MRDS ID M054888
MAS/MILS ID 530410015
Record type Site
Current site name Parmenter
Related records 10155963

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -122.22889, 46.54703 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.2 MI EAST-SOUTHEAST OF MORTON, Accurate Within Claim Area, Probably Near Adit

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glenoma(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 Lewis

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 012N 005E 6 NEAR E LINE OF SE4 OF SW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY COVERS 160 ACRES. WORKINGS ARE ABOUT 200 FT EAST OF PORTAL OF ROY ADIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS LOW GRADE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Puget Group;Puget Group;Puget Group;Puget Group
    Rock description Puget Group;Puget Group;Puget Group;Puget Group

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -122.22889, 46.54703

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Host Rocks Folded And Faulted In Tertiary

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS

Comments on the geologic information

  • LITTLE GEOLOGIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN REFERENCES; PRESUMED SIMILAR TO THAT AT OTHER PROPERTIES IN DISTRICT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Morton District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner John Early
    Home office Morton, Wa.
    First year 1937
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ralph Gillispie (-
    Last year 1965

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 129.54M

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, P. 265.

  • Deposit

    MACKIN, J.H., 1944, RELATION OF GEOLOGY TO MINERALIZATION IN THE MORTON CINNABAR DISTRICT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 6, P. 32.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 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 2012-11-30 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 10155963
Reporter 1993-08-24 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0530410015 = 10155963

Beyond USGS

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