Mine detail: Red Metal Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 45.04238, -115.42096

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold
Tertiary: Lead, Copper, Zinc
Ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: LENS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Belt Supergroup
Host type:Diorite
Associated rock:Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite;Dike-Quartz Latite Porphyry;Dike-Lamprophyre
Associated type:Diorite,Quartz Latite
Structure:Schistosity Strikes N 40 Deg E, Is Vertical
Alteration processes:2 Inches Gouge; Epidote; Silicification

References

MRDSW015211
DEP10071689
Reference{Deposit:: SHENON, P. J., AND ROSS, C. P., 1936, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR EDWARDSBURG AND THUNDER MOUNTAIN, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44, 45 P.}{Deposit:: SPENCE, R. L., 1936, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RED METALS MINE, YELLOW PINE DISTRICT, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, B. S. THESIS, 19 P.}{Deposit:: BELL, R. N., 1912, THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1911.}{Deposit:: MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, 1914, BIG CREEK MINING DISTRICT: MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, V. 109, P. 110 - 111.}{Deposit:: 1912 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTO* ANNUAL REPORT}{Deposit:: 1936 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44}{Production:: ITEM 1, MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, V. 109, P. 110 - 111; ITEM 8, SPENCE, R. L., 1936, UNIV. OF IDAHO, B. S. THESIS}
ReporterMiller, Pat J.