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Red Bluff Mine

Past Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Land status
  17. Production statistics
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105736
MRDS ID W014898
Record type Site
Current site name Red Bluff Mine
Related records 10241547

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.40376, 45.15958 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position 4.5 MI NW OF BIG CREEK R.S.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wolf Fang Peak(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 009E 18 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN MIDDLE AND SOUTH FORKS OF SMITH CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Huebnerite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Black Manganese Stain

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE 1.0 - 1.5% WO4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Rock unit name Profile Gap-Smith Creek Dike Swarm-Dacite;Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Profile Gap-Smith Creek Dike Swarm-Dacite;Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss, Biotite Schist
    Rock description Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss, Biotite Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.40376, 45.15958
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS
    Strike N 12 DEG W
    Dip STEEPLY E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone, Fracture Surfaces

Comments on the geologic information

  • KIRKPATRICK (1974) IS UNSURE OF THE AGE OF THE QUARTZ - FELDSPAR GNEISS, HE BELIEVES IT IS BETWEEN PRECAMBRIAN AND CRETACEOUS; OTHER PRIOR AUTHORS, INCLUDING HOBBS (1964), HAVE LABELED THIS ROCK AS CRETACEOUS GRANITIC ROCKS OF THE IDAHO BATHOLITH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952
Year of first production 1954

Mining district

District name Edwardsburg District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.98 % Wo4 Average
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    WO3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KIRKPATRICK, G. E., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BIG CREEK AREA, VALLEY AND IDAHO COUNTIES, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, P. 43 - 45

  • Deposit

    HOBBS, S. W., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCE - TUNGSTEN, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1, P. 223 - 233

  • Deposit

    1964 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO.

  • Production

    KIRKPATRICK, G. E., 1974, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STEEPLY DIPPING QUARTZ VEIN AND SEVERAL SMALLER, SIMILAR VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Duncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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