Mine detail: Cardinal Reward Mine

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Location: King County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long: 47.30925, -121.93788
dep_id: 10048613
mrds_id: MP00211
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Trace mineral: Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cinnabar, Orpiment, Realgar
orebody_fm: DISSEMINATED
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Fractures
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_unit: Puget Group
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Northwest Trending Anticline Cut By Faults
tectonic: Cascade Volcanic Arc
disc_yr: 1958
discr: Washington Mining Corp.
References:
  • 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
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