| Deposit ID | 10042384 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060150 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 530770050 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Indian Creek Cinnabar Property |
| Alternate or previous names | Indian Creek Mercury |
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.29, 46.69361 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1425 |
| Relative position | 6 MI NORTHEAST OF WHITE PASS, ABOUT 40 MI FROM NACHES, ABOUT 4.5 MI NORTH OF CLEAR LAKE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yakima(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Spiral Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mount Rainier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Yakima(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Naches(hydrologic unit)
Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)
Yakima(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
William O. Douglas Wilderness(Wilderness)
Wilderness FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Yakima |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 014N | 012E | 11,23 | NE4 (23) | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Nickel Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Ankerite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | SOME SAMPLES CONTAINED AS MUCH AS 0.6% HG, MOST CONTAINED MUCH LOWER QUANTITIES OF HG. DUMP SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.03% HG, HIGHEST ASSAY IN MINE WAS 0.17% HG. SOME SELECTED SAMPLES RAN 0.23-0.55% HG |
|---|
| Model code | 179 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 27c |
| Deposit model name | Silica-carbonate Hg |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -121.29, 46.69361 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Foliation Trends Nnw Dips Steeply W. |
| General form | DISSEMINATED |
|---|---|
| Strike | E |
| Dip | S |
| Length | 457.2M |
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1951 |
| Discoverer | Ray R. Whiting, Jr. |
| Ownership category | National Wilderness |
|---|---|
| Area name | In William O. Douglas Wilderness In Snoqualmie National Forest |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 112.78M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060150 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | M054835 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 530770050 | =newMRDS 10131676, merged and deleted. |
BAILEY, E.H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES.
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. 366.
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 266.
PURDY, C.P., JR., 1952, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS, 1952: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 20, P. 35.
SIMMONS, G.C., VAN NOY, R.M., AND ZILKA, N.T., 1983, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COUGAR LAKES-MOUNT AIX STUDY AREA, YAKIMA AND LEWIS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1504, P. 64.
1952 DIREXPL DMEA, FAILED TO FIND ANY MINEABLE OR
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MRDS RECORD M054835 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED |
| Deposit | HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED ZONE IS 150 X 1500 X 300 FT. SLIGHT NI STAINING SEEN IN PLACES. WIDELY DISSEMINATED CINNABAR AS PAINT AND TINY CRSTALS IN SILICA CARBONATE (ALTERED VOLCANIC ROCK?) IN THIS 1500-FT LONG ZONE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1973-09-01 | Puffett, Willard P. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 1992-06-01 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 2012-12-03 | Wilson, Anna B | U.S. Geological Survey | merged and deleted duplicate record 10131676 |
| Reporter | 1995-05-08 | Van Noy | U.S. Bureau of Mines | MAS 053077050 = MRDS M054835 = newMRDS 10131676 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.