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Red Leaf Group

Occurrence in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10042405
MRDS ID M060179
Record type Site
Current site name Red Leaf Group
Related records 10217206

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.41901, 43.57019 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 6 1/2 MILES NW OF HAILEY IDAHO. 1 MI. N. OF CLARENDON HOT SPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mahoney Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 003N 017E 27 Idaho

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE OCCURS AS SMALL HIGH-GRADE POCKETS IN SHEARED ARGILLITE; POST. MINERAL SHEARING HAS GRANULATED THE ORE MINERALS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Black Argillite, Bleached Argillite
    Rock description Wood River Formation-Black Argillite, Bleached Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.41901, 43.57019
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 60 DEG W
    Dip 60 DEG NE
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 48.77M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw Trending Shear Zone-Dips 70 Deg. E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill Mining District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner E. H. Sowers And S. G. Johnson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 396.24M
    Overall depth 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DEVELOPED BY 6 ADITS , 3 SHORT TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A.L., KIILSGAARD, T.H, AND FRYKLUND, V.C. JR., 1950, DETAILED GEOLOGY OF CERTAIN AREAS IN THE MINERAL HILL AND WARM SPRINGS MINING DISTRICTS, BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET NO. 90, P. 6

  • Deposit

    1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 9

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE RED LEAF GROUP IS ABOUT 1 MILE NW OF A NW-TRENDING QUARTZ MONZONITE PLUTON.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1973 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1976 Everett, Sandra E. U.S. Geological Survey

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