Byrd

The Byrd is a mercury mine located in King county, Washington.

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: Byrd  

State:  Washington

County:  King

Elevation:

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 47.3208, -121.92080

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Byrd MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Byrd
Secondary: Byrd Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Washington
County: King


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

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Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
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

Not available


Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

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References

Reference (Deposit): WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II, VOL. 1,

Reference (Deposit): P. 264.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, TABLE 32, P. 364.

Reference (Deposit): WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 63, 1971, TABLE 28, P. 173


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