Barnum - Mc Donnell

The Barnum - Mc Donnell is a mercury mine located in Lewis county, Washington at an elevation of 1,201 feet.

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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

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Site Name

Primary: Barnum - Mc Donnell

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Washington
County: Lewis
District: Morton District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Floyd Ray (-

Owner Name: American Mercury Corp.
Years: 1942 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1913
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: VEINS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Breccia Zone Along Fault Zone. Host Rocks Were Folded And Faulted Prior To Minralization

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Intense Hydrothermal Alteration

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAYS 3-47 LB/TON

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar

Comments

Comment (Location): PROPERTY COVERS 320 ACRES

Comment (Deposit): VEINS ARE PRESENT IN SHEAR ZONE. BEST ORE IS IN TUFFACEOUS SANDSTONE. A MODEL HAS NOT YET BEEN PUBLISHED FOR THIS TYPE OF DEPOSIT

Comment (Workings): ADITS, RAISES, WINZES, STOPES, CROSSCUTS. ALL WORKINGS INACCESSIBLE, 1965

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: BARNUM, BLACK WALL THRUST, AND OPALITE FAULTS CONTROLLED MINERALIZATION

References

Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 147.

Reference (Production): USBM DATA; DERKEY AND OTHERS, 1990

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. 361.

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

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. 264-265.

Reference (Deposit): MACKIN, J.H., 1944, RELATION OF GEOLOGY TO MINERALIZATION IN THE MORTON CINNABAR DISTRICT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6, P. 7-30.

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