The N.P. Prospect is a mercury mine located in Lewis county, Washington at an elevation of 1,601 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
Elevation: 1,601 Feet (488 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 46.56556, -122.23389
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N.P. Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: N.P. Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Washington
County: Lewis
District: Morton District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Northwest Improvement Co. (-
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: VEIN
Structure
Type: L
Description: Host Rocks Folded And Faulted In Tertiary
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): PROPERTY COVERS 200 ACRES
Comment (Production): THERE WAS PROBABLY NO PRODUCTION
Comment (Deposit): NO DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN REFERENCES. A MODEL HAS NOT YET BEEN PUBLISHED FOR THIS TYPE OF DEPOSIT
Comment (Geology): NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN REFERENCES; PRESUMED SIMILAR TO THAT AT OTHER PROPERTIES IN DISTRICT
Comment (Deposit): MRDS RECORD M700447 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED
References
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. 265.
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. 365.
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