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Ladd

Occurrence in Lewis 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040203
MRDS ID M054892
MAS/MILS ID 530410012
Record type Site
Current site name Ladd
Related records 10277103

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.24389, 46.71389 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 12 MI NORTH-NORTHEAST OF MORTON; ABOUT 3 MI WEST OF MINERAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Centralia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hoquiam(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nisqually(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gifford Pinchot 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 Lewis

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 014N 004E 12 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.24389, 46.71389
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FLOAT

Comments on the geologic information

  • NATURE OF OCCURRENCE IS NOT CLEAR. IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY SOUND LIKE THE FLOAT WAS FOUND IN A STREAM. RATHER IT SOUNDS LIKE RESIDUAL MATERIAL ON A HILLSIDE. IT IS NOT KNOWN WHETHER THE SOURCE WAS SOUGHT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Morton District

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. 364.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 265.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CINNABAR FLOAT WAS FOUND WHEN A NEW ROAD WAS BUILT TO THE UPPER ADIT OF THE LADD COAL MINE. THIS DEPOSIT HAS BEEN GIVEN THE INFORMAL MODEL NAME PLACER HG, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN PUBLISHED

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 10277103
Reporter 1993-08-24 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0530410012 = 10277103

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