Mine detail: Royal Reward Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

47.31481, -121.93482

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Secondary:	Arsenic
Tertiary:	Antimony
Ore:	Cinnabar, Orpiment, Realgar, Stibnite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1955

Geology

Host rock:	Puget Group
Host type:	Sandstone
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	N9w Trending Asymmetrical Anticline Cut By An East-Dipping Fault.
Tectonic:	Cascade Volcanic Arc

References

MRDS	M060155
DEP	10042388
Reference	{Deposit:: LIVINGSTON, V. E. JR., 1971, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 63, P. 153-154.}{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. 362-363.}{Deposit:: DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 120.}{Production:: LIVINGSTON, 1971}
Reporter	Puffett, Willard P., Peterson, Jocelyn A.