The American Flag is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 2,799 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: 2,799 Feet (853 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 48.59306, -120.38583
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American Flag MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: American Flag
Secondary: Oriental and Central
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Mazama District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Quintana Minerals Corp.
Years: 1988 -
Owner Name: Mahlon Mccain And Associates
Years: 1946 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past 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 PIPE CONTAINING QUARTZ STRINGERS WITH SULFIDES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Phyllic
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.16-3.08 OZ/TON AU ACROSS 2 IN.-2 FT INTERVALS
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON A CLIFF
Comment (Production): MINE PRODUCED A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF ORE PRIOR TO 1910 AND THERE WAS A SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1940
Comment (Development): EXPLORATION UNDERWAY IN 1988
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT HAS BEEN GIVEN THE INFORMAL NAME OF A BRECCIA PIPE CU DEPOSIT, FOR WHICH THERE IS NO PUBLISHED MODEL. DEPOSIT IS NOW CONSIDERED PART OF MAZAMA PORPHYRY COPPER PROPERTY
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS, SUBLEVEL, RAISE, WINZE
Comment (Geology): STOCK IS PROBABLY INTRUSIVE EQUIVALENT OF MIDNIGHT PEAK FORMATION, DATED AT ABOUT 88 MA BY K/AR METHODS
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD MP00023
References
Reference (Production): DERKEY AND OTHERS, 1990
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. 165.
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. 135.
Reference (Deposit): JOSEPH, N.L., 1989, WASHINGTON'S MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1988: WASHINGTON GEOLOGIC NEWSLETTER, V. 17, NO. 1, P. 3-21.
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