Washington · Cowlitz County
Occurrence

Green River

Cowlitz County, Washington, United States
Mercury
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Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formVEIN
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Goble Volcanics;Wilkes Formation
Tectonic settingCascade Volcanic Arc
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Production years1941
Identification
Deposit ID10040176
MRDS IDM054859
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.385, -122.587
References
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. 364.HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 264.SCHASSE, H.W., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CENTRALIA QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-11, SCALE 1:100,000.