The Spencer is a mercury mine located in Lewis county, Washington at an elevation of 1,434 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: 1,434 Feet (437 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 46.56, -122.24861
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Spencer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spencer
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Washington
County: Lewis
District: Morton District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Years: 1956 -
Owner Name: Rainier Mining Co.
Years: 1956 -
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEINS, SEAMS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Host Rocks Were Folded And Faulted In Tertiary
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Workings): 2 CAVED ADITS, 6 SHALLOW PITS, 2 SHAFTS, BULLDOZER TRENCHES. QUANTITY OF MATERIAL ON DUMP INDICATES THAT WORKINGS, NOW INACCESSIBLE, WERE FAIRLY EXTENSIVE
Comment (Deposit): SEAMS TO 0.375 IN. WIDE ALONG JOINTS IN SANDSTONE AND IN A 6-14 IN. WIDE BRECCIA ZONE. MAIN LEAD TRENDS E-W. A MODEL HAS NOT YET BEEN PUBLISHED FOR THIS TYPE OF DEPOSIT
References
Reference (Production): USBM DATA
Reference (Deposit): MACKIN, J.H., 1944, RELATION OF GEOLOGY TO MINERALIZATION IN THE MORTON CINNABAR DISTRICT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 6, P. 39-41.
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. 266.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1965, MERCURY IN WASHINGTON, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATIN CIRCULAR 8252, P. 365.
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