Mine detail: Red Mountain

Previously called 'Royal Development Co.Trinity'

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Location: Chelan County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long: 48.07538, -120.85008
dep_id: 10008893
mrds_id: D001385
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Silver
Minor mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Tungsten, Arsenic, Zinc, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
gangue: Biotite, Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm: BRECCIA ZONE
work_type: Underground
alteration: Propylitic
Reporter: Elliott, James E., Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_unit: Swakane Biotite Gneiss;
hrock_type: Gneiss
tectonic: Cascade Volcanic Arc
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
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