The Boulder Creek is a mercury mine located in Kittitas county, Washington at an elevation of 5,600 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: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 47.41417, -120.85750
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Boulder Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boulder Creek
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
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 Forst
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Phil Denny (-
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: Silica-carbonate Hg
Orebody
Form: THIN BANDS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Joint Planes
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Peridotite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Peridotite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR HEAD OF BOULDER CREEK
Comment (Development): ORE IS RICH BUT IN SUCH THIN BANDS AS TO BE UNECONOMIC
Comment (Deposit): ON JOINT PLANES
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): TABOR, R.W., WAITT, R.B., JR., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., SWANSON, D.A., BYERLY, G.R., AND BENTLEY, R.D., 1982, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WENATCHEE 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1311, SCALE 1:100,000.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, G.O., AND CALKINS, F.C., 1906, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES, SNOQUALMIE FOLIO, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ATLAS FOLIO 139, SCALE 1:125,000.
Reference (Deposit): SHEDD, S., 1924, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON WITH STATISTICS FOR 1922: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 30, P. 87-88.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
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.
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