Red Ledge No. 3

Prospect in Butte county in Idaho, United States with commodity Copper
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10143681
MAS/MILS ID 0160230137
Record type Site
Current site name Red Ledge No. 3

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.03087, 43.9649 (WGS84)
Elevation 2037
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Howe NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Lost(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007 N 029 E 05 NESENW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.03087, 43.9649

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bill Yearsley
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1986

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, R. A., 1948, RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY OF THE GEOLOGY

  • Deposit

    AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF LEMHI

  • Deposit

    RANGE, ID: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 80,

  • Deposit

    18 P. (PROSPECTS ON PLATE 1).

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 11-91, 1991, APPENDIX

  • Deposit

    C, NO. 64, P. 155.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-NOV-1992 Lipton, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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