The Barnum - Mc Donnell is a mercury mine located in Lewis county, Washington at an elevation of 1,201 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: 1,201 Feet (366 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 46.54639, -122.23333
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Barnum - Mc Donnell MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Barnum - Mc Donnell
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Washington
County: Lewis
District: Morton District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Floyd Ray (-
Owner Name: American Mercury Corp.
Years: 1942 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1913
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
Structure
Type: L
Description: Breccia Zone Along Fault Zone. Host Rocks Were Folded And Faulted Prior To Minralization
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Intense Hydrothermal Alteration
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS 3-47 LB/TON
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): PROPERTY COVERS 320 ACRES
Comment (Deposit): VEINS ARE PRESENT IN SHEAR ZONE. BEST ORE IS IN TUFFACEOUS SANDSTONE. A MODEL HAS NOT YET BEEN PUBLISHED FOR THIS TYPE OF DEPOSIT
Comment (Workings): ADITS, RAISES, WINZES, STOPES, CROSSCUTS. ALL WORKINGS INACCESSIBLE, 1965
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: BARNUM, BLACK WALL THRUST, AND OPALITE FAULTS CONTROLLED MINERALIZATION
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. 147.
Reference (Production): USBM DATA; DERKEY AND OTHERS, 1990
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. 361.
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. 264-265.
Reference (Deposit): MACKIN, J.H., 1944, RELATION OF GEOLOGY TO MINERALIZATION IN THE MORTON CINNABAR DISTRICT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6, P. 7-30.
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