Mine detail: Roy

Previously called 'FisherMortonGillispie;'

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Location

Lat / long: 46.54787, -122.23398

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite, Pyrite

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Shale,Siltstone,Sandstone
Tectonic:Deltaic Deposits Of The Eocene Puget Sound Group Were Folded And Faulted During The Tertiary (Gard, 1968, P. 27-29). Mineralization Probably Took Place During Or Shortly After Deformation.

References

MRDSSP00174
DEP10055957
Reference{Deposit:: GARD, L.M., JR., 1968, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE LAKE TAPPS QUADRANGLE, PIERCE COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 388-B, 33 P., 2 PL.}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.}{Deposit:: MACKIN, J.H., 1944, RELATION OF GEOLOGY TO MINERALIZATION IN THE MORTON CINNABAR DISTRICT, LEWIS COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6, 47 P., 2 PL.}{Deposit:: SCHASSE, H.W., COMPILER, 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CENTRALIA QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN FILE REPORT 87-11, 28 P., 1 PL.}{Deposit:: WDGER OF 90-18}
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