The American Flag is a lead, copper, silver, gold, and zinc mine located in Okanogan 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: Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc
Lat, Long: 48.59306, -120.38583
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American Flag MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: American Flag
Secondary: Oriental
Secondary: Central;
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Zinc
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: 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
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE AMERICAN FLAG DEPOSIT IS PART OF THE MAZAMA PORPHYRY COPPER-MOLYBDENUM DEPOSIT (RIEDELL, 1979).
Comment (Production): PRODUCED A FEW HUNDRED TONS BEFORE 1910; HAD A SMALL AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION IN 1940 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 135).
Comment (Geology): THE AMERICAN FLAG DEPOSIT IS IN A BRECCIA PIPE OF THE FAWN PEAK STOCK OF CRETACEOUS AGE. IT IS AN ELONGATE, NORTHWEST-TRENDING INTRUSION ALONG THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE METHOW RIVER VALLEY; IT IS SITUATED ALONG THE AXIS OF THE GOAT PEAK SYNCLINE (STOFFEL AND MCGRODER, 1990).
Comment (Location): ON A CLIFF ABOUT 1 MILE NORTHEAST OF MAZAMA
References
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.
Reference (Deposit): RIEDELL, K.B., 1979, GEOLOGY AND PORPHYRY COPPER MINERALIZATION OF THE FAWN PEAK INTRUSIVE COMPLEX, METHOW VALLEY, WASHINGTON: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MASTER OF SCIENCE THESIS, 52 P., 4 PL.
Reference (Deposit): STOFFEL, K.L., MCGRODER, M.F., COMPILERS, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROBINSON MOUNTAIN 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-5, 39 P., 1 PL.
Reference (Deposit): WDGER OF 90-18
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