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Redridge Group Mine

Past Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silica, 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 10071799
MRDS ID W015356
Record type Site
Current site name Redridge Group Mine
Related records 10218016

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.13845, 45.04048 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position 5.5 MI SE OF CENTER MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Center Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle 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)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 020N 011E 29 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • .5 MI S OF MUD CREEK; 1 MI W FROM MONUMENTAL CREEK LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Opal Ore

Analytical data

Result 5 CHIP SAMPLES CONTAINED TRACE AU. LESS THAN 1% OPAL IS MOSS OPAL

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Obsidian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Challis Volcanics-Rhyolite, Obsidian Blebs
    Rock description Challis Volcanics-Rhyolite, Obsidian Blebs
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Obsidian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.13845, 45.04048
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR MASSES
    Width 0.03M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1963
Discoverer Wilbur Wiles

Mining district

District name Monumental Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Wiles, Wilbur

Comments on the production information

  • 100 LB. OPAL SOLD FOR $1000

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1 IS YELLOW OPAL; ITEM 2, IF FRACTURES CONTINUE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.219HA

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ARE 10 TO 45 FT ACROSS AND 1 TO 20 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1304, 431 P

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON F. W. CATER AND OTHERS, BULL. 130

  • Production

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, USGS BULL. 1304

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKES RANGE FROM NE TO NW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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