The Cardinal Reward Mine is a mercury mine located in King county, Washington at an elevation of 801 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
Elevation: 801 Feet (244 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 47.30944, -121.93667
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Cardinal Reward Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cardinal Reward Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Washington
County: King
District: Green River District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Northern Pacific Railroad
Years: 1958 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1958
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Puget Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: DISSEMINATED
Structure
Type: R
Description: Northwest Trending Anticline Cut By Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Orpiment
Ore: Realgar
Comments
Comment (Location): 1 MI SOUTHWEST OF ROYAL REWARD MINE
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS
Comment (Production): 500 TONS OF ORE WERE STOCKPILED BUT NEVER PROCESSED
Comment (Deposit): SIMILAR TO NEARBY ROYAL REWARD MINE, BUT THERE IS NO STRUCTURAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO. ORE OCCURS DISSEMINATED IN STEEPLY DIPPING CARBONATE BED AND AS FRACTURE FILLINGS IN UNDERLYING SANDSTONE. A MODEL HAS NOT YET BEEN PUBLISHED FOR THIS TYPE OF DEPOSIT
References
Reference (Production): LIVINGSTON, 1971
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, V.E., JR., 1971, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 63, P. 154, 173.
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. 363, 364.
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