Mine detail: Cardinal Reward Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 47.30925, -121.93788

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Arsenic
Ore: Cinnabar, Orpiment, Realgar
Orebody form: DISSEMINATED
Discovery year: 1958

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Puget Group
Host type:Sandstone
Structure:Northwest Trending Anticline Cut By Faults
Tectonic:Cascade Volcanic Arc

References

MRDSMP00211
DEP10048613
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. 363, 364.}{Deposit:: LIVINGSTON, V.E., JR., 1971, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 63, P. 154, 173.}{Production:: LIVINGSTON, 1971}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.