Mine detail: Red Mountain

Previously called 'Royal'

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Location

Lat / long: 48.07538, -120.85008

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Tungsten
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Scheelite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Biotite, Chlorite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sericite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Diorite,Gneiss
Tectonic:Ore At The Red Mountain Mine Was Emplaced During Or Following Major Deformation And Metamorphism Of The Host Rocks. The Extent Of Metamorphism Of The Orebody, If Any, Is Not Reported (Cater And Crowder, 1967, Geol. Map).

References

MRDSSP00047
DEP10055848
Reference{Deposit:: WDGER OFR 90-18.}{Deposit:: CATER, F.W., 1982, INTRUSIVE ROCKS OF THE HOLDEN AND LUCERNE QUADRANGLES, WASHINGTON--THE RELATION OF DEPTH ZONES, COMPOSITION, TEXTURES, AND EMPLACEMENT OF PLUTONS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1220, 108 P.}{Deposit:: CATER, F.W.; CROWDER, D.F., 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HOLDEN QUADRANGLE, SNOHOMISH AND CHELAN COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-646, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:62500.}{Deposit:: CULVER, H.E.; BROUGHTON, W.A., 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, 89 P., 23 PL.}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1943, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 9, 62 P., 1 PL.}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67P.}{Deposit:: MATTINSON, J.M., 1972, AGES OF ZIRCONS FROM THE NORTHERN CASCADE MOUNTAINS, WASHINGTON: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 83, NO. 12, P. 3769-3783.}
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