Mine detail: Golden Wonder

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Location: Clark County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long: 45.96509, -122.33341
dep_id: 10040175
mrds_id: M054858
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Trace mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cinnabar, Pyrite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: DISSEMINATED
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 177: Hot-spring Hg
alteration: Tuff Is Altered
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Tuff
Structure: Shear Zone
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. 364.
  • 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:: PHILLIPS, W.M., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE VANCOUVER QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON AND OREGON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-10, SCALE 1:100,000.
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