Mine detail: Green River

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 46.38119, -122.56371

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Orebody form: VEIN

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Occurrence
Production years: 1941

Geology

Host rock:Goble Volcanics;Wilkes Formation
Host type:Andesite
Tectonic:Cascade Volcanic Arc

References

MRDSM054859
DEP10040176
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. 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:: SCHASSE, H.W., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CENTRALIA QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-11, SCALE 1:100,000.}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.