Red Mountain

The Red Mountain is a silver and copper mine located in Chelan county, Washington at an elevation of 4,551 feet.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Red Mountain
Secondary: Royal Development Co.
Secondary: Royal
Secondary: Trinity

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: Washington
County: Chelan
District: Chiwawa District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: In Wenatchee National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: BRECCIA ZONE

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitic

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: TR-1.93% CU, 0.61-5.38 OZ/TON AG, A LITTLE AU

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): INFERRED MARGINAL RESERVES

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. CONFINED TO PHELPS RIDGE, KNOWN LOCALLY AS RED MOUNTAIN

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT HAS BEEN GIVEN THE INFORMAL NAME OF A BRECCIA PIPE CU DEPOSIT, FOR WHICH THERE IS NO PUBLISHED MODEL. BRECCIA ZONE IS 250 FT WIDE AT GNEISS-DIORITE CONTACT

Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS, SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF WORKINGS, TEST PITS

Comment (Production): NO TUNGSTEN PRODUCTION.

Comment (Geology): AGE OF HOST ROCKS AND MINERALIZATION IS VERY UNCERTAIN. HOST ROCKS METAMORPHOSED AFTER 415 MA. MINERALIZATION IS PROBABLY YOUNGER THAN 415 MA

References

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS RESOURCE MAP MR-25, SCALE 1:1,168,000.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): STOTEMLEYER AND OTHERS, 1982

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB. DATA.

Reference (Deposit): STOTELMEYER, R.B., JOHNSON, F.L., MCHUGH, E.L., FEDERSPIEL, F.E., DENTON, D.K., JR., AND STEBBINS, S.A., 1982, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE GLACIER PEAK WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, CHELAN, SKAGIT, AND SNOHOMISH COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 89-82, P. 17.

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. 19.

Reference (Deposit): CULVER, H.E., AND BROUGHTON, W.A., 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, P. 14-15.

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. 50.

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