Fisher Lease

Occurrence 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040204
MRDS ID M054893
MAS/MILS ID 530410011
Record type Site
Current site name Fisher Lease
Related records 10131679

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.24444, 46.5725 (WGS84)
Elevation 396
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.4 MI NORTHEAST OF MORTON

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 013N 004E 36 NE4 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.24444, 46.5725

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Morton District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Washington
    Home office Washington

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION DATA

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS

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 CIRUCLAR 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. 265.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED FAULT ZONE. 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
Reporter 1993-08-24 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0530410011 = 10131679
Editor 2012-12-03 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 10131679

Beyond USGS

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