The American Flag Claims is a copper mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 4,501 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,501 Feet (1,372 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 48.75361, -118.84472
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American Flag Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: American Flag Claims
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Wauconda District; Bodie And Sheridan Area
Land Status
Land ownership: State 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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: American Flag Mining Co.
Years: 1926 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Year Last Production: 1919
Discovery Year: 1898
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SHOOTS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Purplish To Bluish Fluorite Occurs In Sheared And Brecciated Trachyte.
Rocks
Name: Trachyte
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Permian
Name: Trachyte
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Permian
Name: Trachyte
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Early Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AUG. OF 36 % CU, 16 OZ AG, 0.10 OZ AU
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON A CLIFF ABOUT 1 MILE NE OF MAZAMA.
Comment (Commodity): PRODUCED 60 TONS ABOUT 1918
Comment (Development): 97 FT DRIFT AND 97 FT WINZE. PRODUCED 60 TONS ABOUT 1918.
Comment (Workings): 97 FT DRIFT WITH 97 FT WINZE; 50 FT RAISE
Comment (Geology): SOME CLASTS OF THE BRECCIA ARE CEMENTED BY SANIDINE AND QTZ. THE MINE IS THE SOUTHERMOST PROPERTY OF THE ZALLA M-SILVER BELL-AMERICAN FLAG MINERALIZED BELT THAT IS ABOUT 1 MILE LONG AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FT WIDE.
Comment (Deposit): THE MAIN ADIT IS CAVED AT ITS PORTAL. ORE THAT WAS SHIPPED CAME FROM A SMALL STOPE. ON THE SURFACE ABOUT THE ADIT THE SILICIFIED AND FLUORITIZED BRECCIA APPEARS TO BE AS MUCH AS 250 FT IN DIAMETER. PROSPECT PITS ON THE MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONE REVEAL THAT IT IS AS MUSH AS 10 FT WIDE AND EXTENDS UP THE HILLSIDE FOR ABOUT 500 FT IN A N45E DIRECTION FROM THE PORTAL OF THE ADIT. SEVERAL SAMPLES SELECTED CONTAINED ONLY TRACES TO 0.20 OZ PER TON AG AND TWO SELECT MINERALIZED DUMP SAMPLES CONTAINED 7.50 AND 12.25 OZ PER TON AG (WASH. DGER BULL. 73). AT A DISTANCE OF 47 FT FROM THE PORTAL AN INCLINE WINZE WAS SUNK 97 FT ON THE DIP OF THE VEIN.
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS IN A HIGHLY SILICIFIED ZONE 2 TO 8 FT WIDE IN PHONOLITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 135.
Reference (Deposit): WASH. DGER BULL. 73, P. 68-69
Reference (Deposit): WASH. GEOL. SUR. BULL. 23, P. 196-198
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