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Red Spur

Past Producer in Yakima 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10277946
MAS/MILS ID 530770054
Record type Site
Current site name Red Spur
Alternate or previous names Red Spur Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
Main Entrance -121.2094, 46.67506 (WGS84) 1475 10 Eastern working (see pl. 3, #57)
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Pit -121.212, 46.678 (WGS84) 25 Western working (see pl. 3, #57)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yakima(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rimrock Lake(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Yakima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 014 N 013 E 28 E2 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • Ajoins the Fig group to the west and the Rocket group to the east.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock type qualifier volcaniclastics, lava flows and interbedded mud flow tuffs; tuff-breccias; and debris-flow tuffs
    Rock unit name Ohanapecosh Formation

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.2094, 46.67506
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Pit (2) -121.212, 46.678
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • NW-trending shear zone in Ohanapecosh Formation.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1941

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • Red Spur group conisists of 6 claims located in 1941.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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. 65, 72; pl. 3, #57.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1994-10-24 Van Noy U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2012-12-05 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey edits and revisions

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

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