The Royal Reward is a mercury, arsenic, and antimony mine located in King county, Washington.
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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:
Commodity: Mercury, Arsenic, Antimony
Lat, Long: 47.31694, -121.93194
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Royal Reward MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Royal Reward
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Primary: Arsenic
Primary: Antimony
Location
State: Washington
County: King
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Puget Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Orpiment
Ore: Realgar
Ore: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON A SMALL TERRACE ON THE SOUTH BANK OF THE GREEN RIVER
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: THE PROPERTY PRODUCED ABOUT 20 FLASKS OF MERCURY (LIVINGSTON, 1971, P. 154).
Comment (Geology): THE PUGET GROUP CONSISTS OF PREDOMINANTLY FLUVIAL AND SOME NEARSHORE MARINE SANDSTONE, SILTSTONE, CLAYSTONE, AND COAL (FRIZZELL AND OTHERS, 1984, P. 26). MUCH OF THE MINERALIZATION OCCURS AT THE CONTACT BETWEEN SANDSTONE AND CARBONACEOUS CLAYSTONE (RICE, 1962, PRIVATE REPORT).
References
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, V.E., 1957, MEMORANDUM REPORT ON THE 1957 EXAMINATION OF THE ROYAL REWARD MINE, 3 P., THESE REPORTS ARE IN DGER FILES.
Reference (Deposit): RICE, W.L., 1962, SUMMARY OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE CARDINAL REWARD AND ROYAL REWARD MINE, KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: PRIVATE REPORT FOR NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, 3 P.
Reference (Deposit): FRIZZELL, V.A., JR.; TABOR, R.W.; BOOTH, D.B.; ORT, K.M.; WAITT, R.B., 1984, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SNOQUALMIE PASS 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-693, 42 P., 1 PL.
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, V.E., JR., 1971, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 63, 200 P., 8 PL.
Reference (Deposit): WDGER OFR 90-18
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