Mine detail: Royal Reward

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Location:	King County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long:	47.31675, -121.93315
dep_id:	10055931
mrds_id:	SP00143
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Mercury, Arsenic, Antimony
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Cinnabar, Orpiment, Realgar, Stibnite
ore_ctrl:	Two Sets Of Faults Cut The Folded Rocks; Mineralization Is Present Along Both Sets Of Faults. Cinnabar Mineralization Occurs In Pods And Disseminations In The Fault Breccia. Stibnite Is Common In The Nearby Cardinal Reward Property (Rice, 1962, Private Report In Dger Files).
Reporter:	Berger, Mary A., Frank, Dave
hrock_unit:	Puget Group
hrock_type:	Shale,Sandstone,Coal
arock_type:	Andesite
tectonic:	The Eocene Rocks Were Extensively Folded And Faulted Prior To Deposition Of The Cinnabar (Livingston, 1971, P. 153-154).
References:	Deposit:: FRIZZELL, V.A., JR.; TABOR, R.W.; BOOTH, D.B.; ORT, K.M.; WAITT, R.B., 1984, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SNOQUALMIE PASS 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-693, 42 P., 1 PL. Deposit:: LIVINGSTON, V.E., JR., 1971, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 63, 200 P., 8 PL. Deposit:: WDGER OFR 90-18 Deposit:: LIVINGSTON, V.E., 1957, MEMORANDUM REPORT ON THE 1957 EXAMINATION OF THE ROYAL REWARD MINE, 3 P., THESE REPORTS ARE IN DGER FILES. Deposit:: RICE, W.L., 1962, SUMMARY OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE CARDINAL REWARD AND ROYAL REWARD MINE, KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: PRIVATE REPORT FOR NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, 3 P.