Mine detail: Indian Creek Cinnabar Property

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 46.69343, -121.29118

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Nickel
Ore: Cinnabar, Pyrite
Gangue: Ankerite, Calcite, Dolomite, Magnetite, Quartz
Orebody form: DISSEMINATED
Discovery year: 1951

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Diorite
Structure:Foliation Trends Nnw Dips Steeply W.
Tectonic:Cascade Volcanic Arc
Alteration processes:Silica-Carbonate

References

MRDSM060150
DEP10042384
Reference{Deposit:: WARREN, W.C., 1941, RELATION OF THE YAKIMA BASALT TO THE KEECHELUS ANDESITE SERIES: JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY, V. 49, NO. 8, P. 795-814.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES.}{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:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 266.}{Deposit:: PURDY, C.P., JR., 1952, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS, 1952: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 20, P. 35.}{Deposit:: SIMMONS, G.C., VAN NOY, R.M., AND ZILKA, N.T., 1983, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COUGAR LAKES-MOUNT AIX STUDY AREA, YAKIMA AND LEWIS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1504, P. 64.}{Deposit:: 1952 DIREXPL DMEA, FAILED TO FIND ANY MINEABLE OR}
ReporterPuffett, Willard P., Peterson, Jocelyn A.