Mine detail: Red Bluff Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

45.15958, -115.40376

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Tertiary:	Lead, Copper, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Huebnerite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz, Rhodonite
Orebody form:	STRINGERS
Discovery year:	1952

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1954

Geology

Host rock:	Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss, Biotite Schist
Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Profile Gap-Smith Creek Dike Swarm-Dacite;Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Dacite
Structure:	Fractures
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Black Manganese Stain

References

MRDS	W014898
DEP	10105736
Reference	{Deposit:: KIRKPATRICK, G. E., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BIG CREEK AREA, VALLEY AND IDAHO COUNTIES, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, P. 43 - 45}{Deposit:: HOBBS, S. W., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCE - TUNGSTEN, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1, P. 223 - 233}{Deposit:: 1964 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO.}{Production:: KIRKPATRICK, G. E., 1974, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS.}
Reporter	Duncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat)