The Barnum-Mcdonnell is a mercury mine located in Lewis county, Washington.
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Barnum-Mcdonnell MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Barnum-Mcdonnell
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Washington
County: Lewis
District: Morton
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: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCED 75 FLASKS OF MERCURY IN 1916, 489 FLASKS IN 1926, 1,265 FLASKS 1926-1929, AND 441 FLASKS IN 1931 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 265).
Comment (Location): ABOUT 2.25 MI SOUTHEAST OF MORTON
Comment (Geology): THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF THE PUGET GROUP CONTAIN COAL, AND FOSSILS SUGGEST BRACKISH WATER AND ESTUARINE DEPOSITIONAL CONDITIONS (MACKIN, 1944, P. 7).
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHASSE, H.W., COMPILER, 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CENTRALIA QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN FILE REPORT 87-11, 28 P., 1 PL.
Reference (Deposit): WDGER OFR 90-18
Reference (Deposit): MACKIN, J.H., 1944, RELATION OF GEOLOGY TO MINERALIZATION IN THE MORTON CINNABAR DISTRICT, LEWIS COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6, 47 P., 2 PL.
Reference (Deposit): GARD, L.M., JR., 1968, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE LAKE TAPPS QUADRANGLE, PIERCE COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 388-B, 33 P., 2 PL.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.
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