Mine detail: Chestnut

Previously called 'Cinnabar Quartz'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.63924, -122.4801

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
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
Associated rock:	Northcraft Formation
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Host Rocks Folded And Faulted In Tertiary
Tectonic:	Cascade Volcanic Arc

References

MRDS	M054895
DEP	10040206
Reference	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
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.