The Red Mountain is a copper, silver, gold, zinc, lead, and tungsten mine located in Chelan county, Washington.
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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:
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Tungsten
Lat, Long: 48.07556, -120.84889
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Red Mountain MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Mountain
Secondary: Royal
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Washington
County: Chelan
District: Chiwawa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Location): AT THE SOUTH END OF PHELPS RIDGE
Comment (Deposit): RADIOMETRIC AGES ON ZIRCONS FROM THE SWAKANE BIOTITE GNEISS INDICATE AN AGE FOR METAMORPHISM OF 415 M.Y. AND FORMATION AGES OF 1,650 M.Y. OR MORE (MATTINSON, 1972, P. 3773). THE AGE AND NATURE OF THE DIORITE ARE UNKNOWN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: PRODUCED MORE THAN 15,000 TONS OF ORE DURING INTERMITTENT PERIODS FROM 1930 TO 1940 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 50).
References
Reference (Deposit): CATER, F.W., 1982, INTRUSIVE ROCKS OF THE HOLDEN AND LUCERNE QUADRANGLES, WASHINGTON--THE RELATION OF DEPTH ZONES, COMPOSITION, TEXTURES, AND EMPLACEMENT OF PLUTONS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1220, 108 P.
Reference (Deposit): CATER, F.W.; CROWDER, D.F., 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HOLDEN QUADRANGLE, SNOHOMISH AND CHELAN COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-646, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:62500.
Reference (Deposit): CULVER, H.E.; BROUGHTON, W.A., 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, 89 P., 23 PL.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1943, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 9, 62 P., 1 PL.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67P.
Reference (Deposit): MATTINSON, J.M., 1972, AGES OF ZIRCONS FROM THE NORTHERN CASCADE MOUNTAINS, WASHINGTON: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 83, NO. 12, P. 3769-3783.
Reference (Deposit): WDGER OFR 90-18.
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