The Red Shirt is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 3,799 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: 3,799 Feet (1,158 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 48.34861, -119.99889
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Red Shirt MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Shirt
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Type: R
Description: The Red Shirt Gabbro Is Part Of The Frazer Creek Complex. Rocks Were Strongly Sheared Along The Red Shirt Thrust And Have Undergone Retrograde Metamorphism And Alteration To Epidote And Chlorite (Gulick And Korosec, 1990).
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ON THE LOWER PART OF THE WEST SLOPE OF POLE PICK HILL.
Comment (Production): THE MINE IS CREDITED WITH MORE THAN $100,000 WORTH OF PRODUCTION, AND IT PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY FOR 50 YEARS. THE LATEST WORK WAS IN 1936-38 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 147).
Comment (Geology): THE VEIN AND ASSOCIATED MINERALIZATION ARE IN A SHEAR ZONE IN THE RED SHIRT GABBRO OF JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS AGE (GULICK AND KOROSEC, 1990).
Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 147). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): BETHUNE, G.A., 1892, MINES AND MINERALS OF WASHINGTON- SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF G. A. BETHUNE, STATE GEOLOGIST: WASHINGTON STATE PRINTER, 183 P.
Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E.; JOSEPH, N.L.; LASMANIS, R., 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON-PRELIMINARY REPORT: STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, 577 P.
Reference (Deposit): BETHUNE, G.A., 1891, MINES AND MINERALS OF WASHINGTON- ANNUAL REPORT OF G. A. BETHUNE, FIRST STATE GEOLOGIST: WASHINGTON STATE PRINTER, 122 P.
Reference (Deposit): GULICK, C.W.; KOROSEC, M.A., COMPILERS, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OMAK 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-12, 52 P., 1 PL.
Reference (Deposit): HODGES, L.K., 1897, MINING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER, 116 P. [FACSIMILE REPRINTED 1967 IN TWO VOLUMES, MINING IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON, AND, MINING IN WESTERN WASHINGTON: SHOREY BOOK STORE, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.]
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, 67 P.
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