American Flag

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  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 10048525
MRDS ID MP00115
Record type Site
Current site name American Flag
Alternate or previous names Oriental and Central
Related records 10055965

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.38702, 48.59289 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI NORTHEAST OF MAZAMA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mazama(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Robinson Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Methow(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 Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 036N 020E 30 SE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON A CLIFF

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Phyllic

Analytical data

Result 0.16-3.08 OZ/TON AU ACROSS 2 IN.-2 FT INTERVALS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Fawn Peak Stock;Fawn Peak Stock
    Rock description Fawn Peak Stock;Fawn Peak Stock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.38702, 48.59289

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BRECCIA PIPE CONTAINING QUARTZ STRINGERS WITH SULFIDES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation

Comments on the geologic information

  • STOCK IS PROBABLY INTRUSIVE EQUIVALENT OF MIDNIGHT PEAK FORMATION, DATED AT ABOUT 88 MA BY K/AR METHODS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mazama District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Quintana Minerals Corp.
    First year 1988
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mahlon Mccain And Associates
    First year 1946

Comments on the production information

  • MINE PRODUCED A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF ORE PRIOR TO 1910 AND THERE WAS A SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1940

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 426.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, SUBLEVEL, RAISE, WINZE

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION UNDERWAY IN 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 165.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 135.

  • Deposit

    JOSEPH, N.L., 1989, WASHINGTON'S MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1988: WASHINGTON GEOLOGIC NEWSLETTER, V. 17, NO. 1, P. 3-21.

  • Production

    DERKEY AND OTHERS, 1990

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. DEPOSIT IS NOW CONSIDERED PART OF MAZAMA PORPHYRY COPPER PROPERTY
Deposit SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD MP00023

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1992 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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