The Denny is a mercury mine located in Kittitas county, Washington at an elevation of 5,351 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: 5,351 Feet (1,631 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 47.44306, -121.02361
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Denny MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Denny
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Secondary: Chromium
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Nickel
Location
State: Washington
County: Kittitas
District: Cle Elum District
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 Wenatchee National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Fred Denny, H.M., Douglas, Chris Ludker
Home Office: Seattle, Wa.
Years: 1942 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Residual
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: Lateritic Ni
Orebody
Form: PODS, DISSEMINATED
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Peridotite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Peridotite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MRDS RECORD M025859 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT COULD BE A LATERITIC NI DEPOSIT OVERPRINTED BY A SILICA-CARBONATE HG DEPOSIT
Comment (Geology): INGALLS COMPLEX IS AN ACCRETED OPHIOLITE
References
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, P. 37.
Reference (Deposit): FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., ORT, K.M., AND WAITT, R.B., JR., 1984, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SNOQUALMIE PASS 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-693, SCALE 1:100,000.
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