The Wildcat Creek is a mercury mine located in Yakima county, Washington at an elevation of 4,774 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,774 Feet (1,455 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 46.67722, -121.20750
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Wildcat Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wildcat Creek
Secondary: Iron Stone Mountain
Secondary: Red Spur Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Nickel
Location
State: Washington
County: Yakima
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: In Snohomish National Forest Just Outside William O. Douglas Wilderness Boundary
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: W. C. Thorp
Home Office: Yakima, Wa.
Years: 1941 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1941
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SPORADIC PODS AND VEINS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TWO CHIP SAMPLES CONTAINED 2.3, 0.2 LB/TON. TWO OTHER SAMPLES WERE BARREN. A SELECTED SAMPLE OF GOUGE CONTAINED 1.11% HG. SEE SIMMONS AND OTHERS FOR MORE ANALYSES
Materials
Ore: Metacinnabar
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SHEAR ZONE CONTAINS CINNABAR-BEARING GOUGE. IF SILICA CARBONATE ROCK IS PRESENT, DEPOSIT MAY BE A SILICA-CARBONATE HG DEPOSIT. IF NOT, DEPOSIT MAY BE SIMILAR TO THOSE IN THE MORTON DISTRICT, FOR WHICH THERE IS NO PUBLISHED MODEL
Comment (Workings): TRENCHE, PITS, CAVED ADIT
Comment (Geology): THERE IS A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN TEXT AND GEOLOGIC MAP OF SIMMONS AND OTHERS. TEXT INDICATES HOST ROCKS AS OHANAPECOSH FORMATION, WHILE MAP SHOWS CLAIMS AS BEING UNDERLAIN BY PUGET GROUP ROCKS
Comment (Reserve-Resource): THE AREA HAS POSSIBLE POTENTIAL FOR SMALL MERCURY RESOURCES
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. 5 MI BY TRAIL UP WILDCAT CREEK FROM ROAD
Comment (Production): 1,600 LB OF ORE REPORTEDLY YIELDED 50-60 LB HG
References
Reference (Production): HUNTTING
Reference (Reserve-Resource): SIMMONS AND OTHERS
Reference (Deposit): SIMMONS, G.C., VAN NOY, R.M., AND ZILKA, N.T., 1983, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COUGAR LAKES-MOUNT AIX SUTDY AREA, YAKIMA AND LEWIS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1504, P. 65-71.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): 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. 367.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 266.
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