Washington · King County
Occurrence

Byrd Prospect

King County, Washington, United States
Mercury
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Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formUNKNOWN
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Puget Group
Tectonic settingCascade Volcanic Arc
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10040178
MRDS IDM054863
Alternate namesByrd
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates47.32056, -121.92
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.FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., ORT, K.M., AND WAITT, R.B., JR., 1984, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SNOQUALMIE PASS 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-693, SCALE 1:100,000.Livingston, V.E., 1971, WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 63, TABLE 28, P. 173