Chestnut

The Chestnut is a mercury mine located in Lewis county, Washington at an elevation of 2,598 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: Chestnut  

State:  Washington

County:  Lewis

Elevation: 2,598 Feet (792 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 46.63944, -122.47889

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Satelite image of the Chestnut

Chestnut MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Chestnut
Secondary: Cinnabar Quartz


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Washington
County: Lewis
District: Morton District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Rhoda Coblentz (-


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

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Deposit): NO DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATIN AVAILABLE IN REFERENCE. A MODEL HAS NOT YET BEEN PUBLISHED FOR THIS TYPE OF DEPOSIT

Comment (Geology): NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN REFERENCE; GEOLOGY PRESUMED SIMILAR TO THAT AT OTHER PROPERTIES IN DISTRICT, ALTHOUGH THIS PROSPECT IS AWAY FROM MAIN MINERALIZED AREA


References

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. 364


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