The H-O-M-E is a mercury mine located in Kittitas county, Washington at an elevation of 2,749 feet.
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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: 2,749 Feet (838 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 47.10361, -120.95694
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H-O-M-E MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: H-O-M-E
Secondary: Silver Tip
Secondary: Gold Crown
Secondary: Home
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Washington
County: Kittitas
District: Cle Elum District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: C. C. Merriman, H. M. Hoyt, V. C. Denny
Owner Name: Home Mining Co.
Years: 1943 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Silica-carbonate Hg
Orebody
Form: DISSEMINATED, THIN SEAMS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Sheared Rock
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE AT SILVER TIP SAID TO AVERAGE 0.5% HG, BUT THAT SEEMS HIGH
Materials
Ore: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MRDS RECORD M025899 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED
Comment (Workings): DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS
Comment (Location): SILVER TIP IS NEAR CENTER SE/4 SEC. 28. H-O-M-E CONSISTS OF 25 CLAIMS, 5 OF WHICH ARE PATENTED; NEAR JUNCTION OF FROSTY AND TANEUM CREEKS
Comment (Deposit): ORE IS IN SHEAR ZONES NEAR CONTACT OF SEDIMENTARY AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS
References
Reference (Deposit): 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. 134, 143.
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): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 264.
Reference (Deposit): NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO., 1941, TABULATED SUMMARY OF SPECIAL GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE REPORTS OF WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO: LAND DEPARTMENT, GEOLOGIC DIVISION, 19 P.
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