Mine detail: Elsener

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 47.42399, -121.00146

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Orebody form: SMALL SEAMS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Ingalls Tectonic Complex
Host type:Slate
Tectonic:Cascade Volcanic Arc

References

MRDSM054852
DEP10040169
Reference{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. 366.}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 264.}{Deposit:: NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. 1941, TABULATED SUMMARY OF SPECIAL GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE REPORTS OF WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO: LAND DEPARTMENT, GEOLOGIC DIVISION, 19 P.}{Deposit:: FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., ORT, K.M., AND WAITT, R.B., JR., 1984, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SNOQUALMIE PASS 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-693, SCALE 1:100,000.}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.