Red Ledge No. 6 Occurrence

Occurrence in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Uranium, REE
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093584
MRDS ID W015018
MAS/MILS ID 0160490257
Record type Site
Current site name Red Ledge No. 6 Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.61427, 45.27737 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position ABOUT 3.5 MI E OF WARREN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burgdorf Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Chamberlain(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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 022N 007E 04,05 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Analytical data

Result RADIOACTIVITY 0.1 MR/HR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Schist, Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granodiorite and two-mica granite.

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N - S
    Dip 90 DEG

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Warren District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Art Crossler

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Powers, H. A., 1955, Red Ledge No. 6: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Rept

  • Deposit

    1955 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Rept

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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