Commodities
PrimaryManganese
TertiaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model100: Volcanogenic Mn, Olympic Peninsula
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formLENS
Materials
Ore mineralsBementite, Cinnabar, Mercury
Geology
Host rockBasalt · Crescent Formation;Crescent Formation
Tectonic settingAccreted Terrane
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10040186
MRDS IDM054874
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.20472, -124.48139
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. 365.HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, PART II, P. 256.WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. RI-7, 1945, P. 26.