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Red Mountain Mine

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011561
MRDS ID D006573
Record type Site
Current site name Red Mountain Mine
Alternate or previous names Quartz Creek Prospect
Related records 10159847

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.46816, 45.00268 (WGS84)
Elevation 1875
Relative position 2.8 MI N30E OF YELLOWPINE, IDAHO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Profile Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Idaho Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 019N 008E 10 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE SLOPE E OF QUARTZ CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.46816, 45.00268
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Profile District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Red Mountain Lode Mining Co. (John Bettinger, Manager)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Red Mountain Lode Mining Co., Inc.

Comments on development

  • O.M.E. EXAMINATION REPORT NO. 6249 (GOLD-SILVER) COMPLETED 1962

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY FILES, USGS SPOKANE WA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE O.M.E. EXAMINATION REPORT NO. 6249 (1962) ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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