Washington · King County
Past Producer

Royal Reward Mine

King County, Washington, United States
MercuryArsenicAntimony
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Description

Larry Berkshire

Commodities
PrimaryMercury
SecondaryArsenic
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlBrecciation
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Orpiment, Realgar, Stibnite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Puget Group
Associated rockAndesite
StructureN9w Trending Asymmetrical Anticline Cut By An East-Dipping Fault.
Tectonic settingCascade Volcanic Arc
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1957
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10042388
MRDS IDM060155
Alternate namesRoyal Reward
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates47.315, -121.93361
References
LIVINGSTON, V. E. JR., 1971, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 63, P. 153-154. (TABLE 28, P. 173)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. 362-363, 365.DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 120.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.LIVINGSTON, V.E., 1957, MEMORANDUM REPORT ON THE 1957 EXAMINATION OF THE ROYAL REWARD MINE, 3 P., THESE REPORTS ARE IN DGER FILES.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.LIVINGSTON, 1971