Mine detail: Elsener

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Location: Kittitas County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long: 47.42399, -121.00146
dep_id: 10040169
mrds_id: M054852
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cinnabar
orebody_fm: SMALL SEAMS
model: 179: Silica-carbonate Hg
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_unit: Ingalls Tectonic Complex
hrock_type: Slate
tectonic: Cascade Volcanic Arc
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. 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.
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