Mine detail: Boulder Creek

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Location: Kittitas County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long: 47.41399, -120.85868
dep_id: 10040171
mrds_id: M054854
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cinnabar
orebody_fm: THIN BANDS
model: 179: Silica-carbonate Hg
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_unit: Ingalls Tectonic Complex
hrock_type: Peridotite
Structure: Joint Planes
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:: BAILEY, E. H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
  • Deposit:: HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 264.
  • Deposit:: SHEDD, S., 1924, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON WITH STATISTICS FOR 1922: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 30, P. 87-88.
  • Deposit:: SMITH, G.O., AND CALKINS, F.C., 1906, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES, SNOQUALMIE FOLIO, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ATLAS FOLIO 139, SCALE 1:125,000.
  • Deposit:: TABOR, R.W., WAITT, R.B., JR., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., SWANSON, D.A., BYERLY, G.R., AND BENTLEY, R.D., 1982, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WENATCHEE 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1311, SCALE 1:100,000.
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