Red Shirt

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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Mine Info

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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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