Red Mountain

Producer in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Tungsten, Arsenic, Zinc, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008893
MRDS ID D001385
Record type Site
Current site name Red Mountain
Alternate or previous names Royal Development Co., Royal, Trinity
Related records 10228080, 10055848

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.85008, 48.07538 (WGS84)
Elevation 1387
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 5 MI EAST OF CREST OF CASCADES. 0.1-2.0 MI NORTHEAST OF TRINITY, Accurate Within Mineralized Area, Which Extends From Trinity To Mouth Of Chipmunk Creek. Location Given Is For Red Mountain Mine At Trinity

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trinity(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Twisp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wenatchee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 030N 015E 21,15;22 SE4 (21) Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. CONFINED TO PHELPS RIDGE, KNOWN LOCALLY AS RED MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic

Analytical data

Result TR-1.93% CU, 0.61-5.38 OZ/TON AG, A LITTLE AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Swakane Biotite Gneiss;
    Rock description Swakane Biotite Gneiss;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.85008, 48.07538

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BRECCIA ZONE

Comments on the geologic information

  • AGE OF HOST ROCKS AND MINERALIZATION IS VERY UNCERTAIN. HOST ROCKS METAMORPHOSED AFTER 415 MA. MINERALIZATION IS PROBABLY YOUNGER THAN 415 MA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chiwawa District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Wenatchee National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO TUNGSTEN PRODUCTION.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Total resources 3000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 0.9 g/mt Silver Major 1982
    Copper Cu 0.4 wt-pct Copper Major 1982

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFERRED MARGINAL RESERVES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3566.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF WORKINGS, TEST PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB. DATA.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Reserve-Resource

    STOTEMLEYER AND OTHERS, 1982

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-73 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references