Cardinal Reward Mine

Occurrence in King county in Washington, United States with commodities Mercury, Arsenic
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. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048613
MRDS ID MP00211
MAS/MILS ID 530330089
Record type Site
Current site name Cardinal Reward Mine
Alternate or previous names Cardinal Reward, Cardinal Reward Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.93667, 47.30944 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2 MI NORTH-NORTHWEST OF CUMBERLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

King(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cumberland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Snoqualmie Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Duwamish(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington King

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 021N 007E 17 NE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MI SOUTHWEST OF ROYAL REWARD MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Orpiment Ore
Realgar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Puget Group
    Rock description Puget Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.93667, 47.30944

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northwest Trending Anticline Cut By Faults

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1958
Discoverer Washington Mining Corp.

Mining district

District name Green River District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Northern Pacific Railroad
    First year 1958

Comments on the production information

  • 500 TONS OF ORE WERE STOCKPILED BUT NEVER PROCESSED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 213.36M
  • Type of workings Underground

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 CIRCULAR 8252, P. 363, 364.

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, V.E., JR., 1971, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 63, P. 154; TABLE 28, p. 173.

  • Production

    LIVINGSTON, 1971

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIMILAR TO NEARBY ROYAL REWARD MINE, BUT THERE IS NO STRUCTURAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO. ORE OCCURS DISSEMINATED IN STEEPLY DIPPING CARBONATE BED AND AS FRACTURE FILLINGS IN UNDERLYING SANDSTONE. A MODEL HAS NOT YET BEEN PUBLISHED FOR THIS TYPE OF DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1992-04-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1994-02-18 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0530330089 = 10155884
Updater 2012-12-05 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record MAS 0530330089 = 10155884

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.