Edres Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Uranium
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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070570
MRDS ID W013557
Record type Site
Current site name Edres Mine
Related records 10289607

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.3259, 43.44299 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 4 1/4 SSW OF HAILEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bellevue(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fairfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 001N 018E 04 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ABOVE POVERTY FLAT, W OF RATTLER MT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleached

Analytical data

Result PART OF VEIN WILL COUNT AS MUCH AS .05 MR/HR, ESPECIALLY THE BASIC DIKE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite, Diorite;Lamprophyre Dike
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite, Diorite;Lamprophyre Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.3259, 43.44299

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 60 DEG E
    Dip 35 DEG N
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 1.22M
    Depth to top 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone, Fractures, Thrust Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Carlyle And George Castle

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN TUNNEL WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. OF CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS AND A CAVED TUNNEL A SHORT DISTANCE ABOVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1950, DETAILED GEOLOGY OF CERTAIN AREAS OF THE MINERAL HILL AND WARM SPRINGS MINING DISTRICTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 90, P. 31

  • Deposit

    POWERS, H. A., 1955, EDRES MINE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 90

  • Deposit

    1955 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT.

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1949, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 90

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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