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Redbird Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Mineral rights holdings
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Production statistics
  20. Reserves and resources
  21. Workings at the site
  22. Links to other databases
  23. Bibliographic references
  24. General comments
  25. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071136
MRDS ID W014367
MAS/MILS ID 160370413
Record type Site
Current site name Redbird Mine
Alternate or previous names Red Bird

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.4747, 44.31 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 5 MI NW CLAYTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clayton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011N 017E 5 SW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Calamine Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Cerargyrite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Siderite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown
Wad Unknown
Wulfenite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe, Mn Stains

Analytical data

Result ORE ANALYSIS: 30 - 40 % PB, 40 - 60 OZ/TON AG
Result SAMPLE OF PRINCIPAL ORE MINERAL ANGLESITE FOUND 2 - 3 OZ AG/UNIT PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Saturday Mountain Formation-Dolomitic Slates, Limestones
    Rock description Saturday Mountain Formation-Dolomitic Slates, Limestones
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.4747, 44.31
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Clayton Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike N 65 DEG W
    Dip 45 DEG SW
    Length 24.38M
    Width 9.14M
    Area 30HA
    Depth to bottom 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Structure - Mine Occurs On West Limb Of Clayton Anticline
  • FAULTING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1878

Mining district

District name Bayhorse District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bunker Hill Co. ( 1957 )

Production statistics

  • Year 1904
    Period 1884-1904
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^30 - 40 % Pb, 40 - 60 Oz Ag/T
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 35wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 1412g/mt
  • Year 1918
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^40. % Pb, 30 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 40wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 847g/mt
  • Year 1956
    Period 1947 - 1956
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^10 Oz Ag/Ton, 14 % Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 14wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 282g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • Item 9 Value Over $500,000

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1926
    Total resources 45000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 7 wt-pct Lead Major 1926
    Silver Ag 141.178 g/mt Silver Major 1926

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 5638.8M
    Overall depth 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • 9 Levels

Comments on development

  • 21 Patented, 12 Unpatented Claims ( 1957 )

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., 1913, Some Ore Deposits In Northwestern Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 539, 104 P.

  • Deposit

    Ross, C. P., 1937, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Bayhorse Region, Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 877, 161 P.

  • Deposit

    Bell, R. N., 1919, Twentieth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1918.

  • Deposit

    Campbell, A., 1947, Forty - Eighth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry For The Year 1946.

  • Deposit

    The Wallace Miner, Nov. 14 , 1957

  • Deposit

    1884 Direxpl Omaha & Grant Co., USGS Bulletin 877

  • Deposit

    1912 Direxpl Idaho Mining & Smelting Co., USGS Bulletin 877

  • Deposit

    1913 Geolmap Umpleby, J. B., Bulletin 539

  • Deposit

    1925 Direxpl Ford Motor Co., USGS Bulletin 877

  • Deposit

    1937 Geolmap Ross, C. P., Bulletin 877

  • Deposit

    USGS Open File Rept. 1975, Geol. Map, Clayton, Id Quad.

  • Production

    Ross, C.P., 1937 , USGS Bulletin 877 , P. 140 ( Item 8 ); Item 1 , Bell, R.N., 1919 , 20th Annual Report, P. 63 ; Item 2 , Campbell, A., 1947 , 48th Annual Report, P. 240 Item 9 , The Wallace Miner, Nov. 14 , 1957

  • Deposit

    USBM 'Activity Of Id Mining Properties In 1974,' 1975, P.8

  • Reserve-Resource

    Ross, C. P., 1937, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Bayhorse Region, Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 877, 161 P., P. 140.

  • Deposit

    Patton, 1948, Cornell Univ., M.S. Thesis: Geol. Of The Clayton Area, Custer Co., Id

  • Deposit

    Campbell, 25th, 26th, &2 8th Ann. Rept. Of The Mineral Industry In Idaho For 1923, 1924, & 1926

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 Ore Bodies, Largest Known As Potato Patch

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-07-01 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1995-04-11 Gosling U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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