Red Mountain

Past Producer in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Arsenic, Copper, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10228080
MRDS ID D001385
MAS/MILS ID 0530070002
Record type Site
Current site name Red Mountain
Alternate or previous names Royal Mine, Royal, St Francis, Royal Development
Related records 10008893

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.84949, 48.07452 (WGS84)
Elevation 845
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 030 N 016 E 21 Washington

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.84949, 48.07452

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Date of Last Modification 940923

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Chiwawa District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner American Exploration And Mining Co.
    Home office Washington
    Year 1967
  • Type Owner
    Owner Crater Mining Co. Crater Mining Co.
    Home office Washington
    Year 1967
  • Type Owner
    Owner Two Rivers, Inc
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRATER MINING CO. REPORT ON PROPERTIES 10/2/69

  • Deposit

    WASH DIV MINES & GEOL BULL 37, PART II, V. 1, P. 50

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED GLACIER PEAK FILE REPORT AVAILABLE AT SPOKANE

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES OFFICE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION IS SET AT PORTAL OF ST FRANCIS TUNNEL, WHICH OVERLIES ORE BODY. TRINITY TUNNEL ACCESSES ORE BODY FROM 2 MILES AWAY AND IS AT THE SITE OF THE OLD MILL FACILITY (NOW DESTROYED).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-SEP-1994 Sweeney, Thomas M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references