The Orondo is a mercury mine located in Chelan county, Washington at an elevation of 899 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: 899 Feet (274 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 47.62639, -120.24528
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Orondo MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Orondo
Secondary: Leavenworth
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Washington
County: Chelan
Land Status
Not available
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
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION DATA GIVEN ARE BASED ON ESTIMATED LOCATION WITHIN TOWNSHIP INDICATED IN REFERENCES
Comment (Development): SMALL AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT WORK IN 1911
Comment (Deposit): 12 FT WIDE MINERALIZED ZONE WITH 1 FT OF HIGH GRADE ORE
Comment (Geology): GEOLOGIC UNIT CANNOT BE DETERMINED BECAUSE OF UNCERTAINTY IN LOCATION, BUT REGION IS UNDERLAIN BY VARIOUS CRETACEOUS CRYSTALLINE ROCKS
References
Reference (Deposit): MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 263.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1943, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 9,P. 26.
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. 366.
Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., WHETTEN, J.T., WAITT, R.B., SWANSON, D.A., BYERLY, G.R., BOOTH, D.B., HETHERINGTON, M.J., AND ZARTMAN, R.E., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CHELAN 30-MINUTE BY 60-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1661, SCALE 1:100,000.
Reference (Deposit): SHEDD, SOLON, 1924, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON WITH STATISTICS FOR 1922: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 30, P. 87.
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