Mine detail: Redbird Mine

Previously called 'Red Bird'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.30989, -114.47562

Resource(B)

Primary: Silver, Lead
Tertiary: Copper, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore: Anglesite, Smithsonite
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR, IRREGULAR
Other material: Calamine, Calcite, Cerargyrite, Cerussite, Fluorite, Galena, Limonite, Siderite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Wad, Wulfenite
Discovery year: 1878

Production

Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Saturday Mountain Formation-Dolomitic Slates, Limestones
Host type:Slate,Limestone
Structure:Clayton Anticline
Alteration processes:Fe, Mn Stains

References

MRDSW014367
MAS160370413
DEP10071136
Reference{Deposit:: Umpleby, J. B., 1913, Some Ore Deposits In Northwestern Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 539, 104 P.}{Deposit:: Ross, C. P., 1937, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Bayhorse Region, Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 877, 161 P.}{Deposit:: Bell, R. N., 1919, Twentieth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1918.}{Deposit:: Campbell, A., 1947, Forty - Eighth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry For The Year 1946.}{Deposit:: The Wallace Miner, Nov. 14 , 1957}{Deposit:: 1884 Direxpl Omaha & Grant Co., USGS Bulletin 877}{Deposit:: 1912 Direxpl Idaho Mining & Smelting Co., USGS Bulletin 877}{Deposit:: 1913 Geolmap Umpleby, J. B., Bulletin 539}{Deposit:: 1919 Compile 20th Ann. Idaho State Mine Inspecto* Rept., 1918}{Deposit:: 1925 Direxpl Ford Motor Co., USGS Bulletin 877}{Deposit:: 1937 Geolmap Ross, C. P., Bulletin 877}{Deposit:: 1947 Compile 48th Ann. Idaho State Mine Inspecto* Rept., 1946}{Deposit:: USGS Open File Rept. 1975, Geol. Map, Clayton, Id Quad.}{Deposit:: USBM*ctivity Of Id Mining Properties In 1974, 1975, P.8}{Deposit:: Patton, 1948, Cornell Univ., M.S. Thesis: Geol. Of The Clayton Area, Custer Co., Id}{Deposit:: Campbell, 25th, 26th, &2 8th Ann. Rept. Of The Mineral Industry In Idaho For 1923, 1924, & 1926}{Production:: Ross, C.P., 1937 , USGS Bulletin 877 , P. 140 ( Item 8 ); Item 1 , Bell, R.N., 1919 , 20th Annual Report, P. 63 ; Item 2 , Campbell, A., 1947 , 48th Annual Report, P. 240 Item 9 , The Wallace Miner, Nov. 14 , 1957}{Reserve-Resource:: Ross, C. P., 1937, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Bayhorse Region, Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 877, 161 P., P. 140.}
ReporterSiefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Gosling