Mine detail: Section Thirty-Six

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Location

Lat / long: 46.5637, -122.2437

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Orebody form: VEIN

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Puget Group;Puget Group;Puget Group;Puget Group;Puget Group
Host type:Sandstone
Structure:Host Rocks Folded And Faulted In Tertiary
Tectonic:Cascade Volcanic Arc

References

MRDSM054885
DEP10040196
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. 365.}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 265.}{Deposit:: MACKIN, J.H., 1944, RELATION OF GEOLOGY TO MINERALIZATION IN THE MORTON CINNABAR DISTRICT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING EPORT OF INVESTIGATION 6, P. 41.}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.