Cardinal Reward Mine

The Cardinal Reward Mine is a mercury mine located in King county, Washington at an elevation of 801 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

Name: Cardinal Reward Mine

State:  Washington

County:  King

Elevation: 801 Feet (244 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 47.30944, -121.93667

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Cardinal Reward Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Cardinal Reward Mine


Commodity

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Arsenic


Location

State: Washington
County: King
District: Green River District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Northern Pacific Railroad
Years: 1958 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1958
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Puget Trough


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: DISSEMINATED


Structure

Type: R
Description: Northwest Trending Anticline Cut By Faults


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Orpiment
Ore: Realgar


Comments

Comment (Location): 1 MI SOUTHWEST OF ROYAL REWARD MINE

Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS

Comment (Production): 500 TONS OF ORE WERE STOCKPILED BUT NEVER PROCESSED

Comment (Deposit): SIMILAR TO NEARBY ROYAL REWARD MINE, BUT THERE IS NO STRUCTURAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO. ORE OCCURS DISSEMINATED IN STEEPLY DIPPING CARBONATE BED AND AS FRACTURE FILLINGS IN UNDERLYING SANDSTONE. A MODEL HAS NOT YET BEEN PUBLISHED FOR THIS TYPE OF DEPOSIT


References

Reference (Production): LIVINGSTON, 1971

Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, V.E., JR., 1971, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 63, P. 154, 173.

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. 363, 364.


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