The Clear Lake is a mercury mine located in Yakima county, Washington at an elevation of 3,199 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: 3,199 Feet (975 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 46.62694, -121.26222
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Clear Lake MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Clear Lake
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
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 Snoqualmie National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: UNKNOWN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Deposit): HOST ROCKS UNKNOWN. IF SILICA-CARBONATE ROCKS PRESENT AS AT OTHER DEPOSITS IN REGION, DEPOSIT IS SILICA-CARBONATE HG. IF NOT, DEPOSIT MAY BE SIMILAR TO THOSE IN THE MORTON DISTRICT, FOR WHICH THERE IS NO PUBLISHED MODEL
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED
Comment (Geology): NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION GIVEN IF REFERENCES ON MERCURY PROSPECT. GEOLOGY FROM SCHASSE
References
Reference (Deposit): NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO., 1941, TABULATED SUMMARY OF SPECIAL GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE REPORTS OF WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO: LAND DEPARTMENT GEOLOGY DIVISION, 19 P.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 266.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1965, MERCURY IN WASHINGTON, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFROMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 366.
Reference (Deposit): SCHASSE, H.W., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT RAINIER QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-16, SCALE 1:100,000.y
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