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Red Bird Lodes

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013486
MRDS ID D009800
Record type Site
Current site name Red Bird Lodes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.95172, 45.34209 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 11.5 MI. N 13 W OF SALMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bird Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 023N 021E 10,11,14 NE OF NE (10); W2 OF W2 (11); NW (14) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS EXTEND ACCROSS RIDGE BETWEEN COMET CR. AND NAPOLEAN GL, AT BENCHMARK USMM NO. 6 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation
    Rock description Yellowjacket Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.95172, 45.34209
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 17 ADITS

Comments on development

  • 6 PATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOREST SERVICE FILES, D. W. PETERS, SALMON, ID

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS APPEAR TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH A NW TRENDING FAULT
Deposit POSSIBLE NW EXTENSION OF THE DOLLY - ROCKET LODE ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Peters, Donald W. U.S. Forest Service
Updater 01-FEB-1985 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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