Red Mountain

Occurrence in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Tungsten
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. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048439
MRDS ID MP00026
Record type Site
Current site name Red Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.12508, 47.37538 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3.5 MI SOUTHWEST OF CHINA POINT, Estimated At Common Section Corner, Estimated At Common Section Corner

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Polallie Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Snoqualmie Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yakima(hydrologic unit)

Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)

Yakima(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 Kittitas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 022N 014E 19,20,29,30 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Potassic (Biotite) Alteration Is Ubiquitous In Central Part Of Deposit

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 79
USGS model code 21a
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu-Mo
Mark3 model number 2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Swauk Formation
    Rock description Swauk Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.12508, 47.37538

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STOCKWORK

Comments on the geologic information

  • SAID TO BE SIMILAR TO GLACIER PEAK DEPOSIT IN METALLOGENY AND ALTERATION ASSEMBLAGES. GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWN AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY SWAUK FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Wenatchee National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCE ESTIMATES NOT AVAILABLE BUT GRANT (1976) SPECULATED THAT THERE COULD BE A MODERATE TONNAGE (25-50 MILLION TONS) DEPOSIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOLLISTER, V.F., 1979, PORPHYRY COPPER-TYPE DEPOSITS IN THE CASCADE VOLCANIC ARC, WASHINGTON: MINERALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, V. 11, P. 34.

  • Deposit

    GRANT, A.R., 1976, REPORT OF EVALUATION, MINERAL RESOURCE ANALYSIS STUDY ON UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE LAND, STATE OF WASHINGTON: PREPARED FOR U.S. FOREST SERVICE - REGION 6, CONTRACT NO. 004724N, P. 44-45.

  • Deposit

    FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., ORT, K.M., AND WAITT, R.B., JR., 1984, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SNOQUALMIE PASS 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-693, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PERVASIVE SULFIDE MINERALIZATION. POSSIBLE HIGH-LEVEL REFLECTION OF DEEP-SEATED PORPHYRY SYSTEM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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