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Red Ledge #1-3 Claims

Occurrence in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071507
MRDS ID W014941
MAS/MILS ID 0160490136
Record type Site
Current site name Red Ledge #1-3 Claims
Alternate or previous names Red Ledge No. 1, 2, 3 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.67848, 45.58237 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position .75 MI SE OF CONCORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buffalo Hump(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Chamberlain(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 026N 006E 14, 23 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Torbernite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1 ASSAY 0.061% U3O8, 0.05 MR/HR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Granite, Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.67848, 45.58237
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 30.48M
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Buffalo Hump District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ted Ward

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 Pits

Comments on development

  • 3 Claims, Red Ledge No. 1, 2, 3

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Powers, H. A., 1955, Red Ledge No. 3: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Rept.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Red Ledge No. 1 Claim Deposit Described Above; Red Ledge No. 2, 3 Are 30 - 50 Ft Wide, Strike N 20 Deg E, Dip 40 Deg Nw.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 28-JAN-1981 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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