Red Cloud Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, 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. Alteration
  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. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070690
MRDS ID W013730
Record type Site
Current site name Red Cloud Mine
Related records 10217144

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.60902, 43.88489 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position 2.75 MI NE OF GALENA, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Galena Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 007N 016E 32 Idaho

Commodities

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES AVERAGED 3.5 OZ. AG/TON
Result 1% ZN
Result .05% PB. OTHER SAMPLES AVERAGED 1.3 OZ. AG/TON
Result .9% PB
Result .8% ZN
Result .07% CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Wood River Formation-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.60902, 43.88489

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 23.16M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones; Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Galena District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 98.824 g/mt Silver Major 1974

Comments on development

  • PATENTED IN 1888

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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