The Edres Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Blaine county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,201 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 43.4431, -114.32500
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Edres Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Edres Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Blaine
District: Mineral Hill District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Carlyle And George Castle
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleached
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PART OF VEIN WILL COUNT AS MUCH AS .05 MR/HR, ESPECIALLY THE BASIC DIKE
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOVE POVERTY FLAT, W OF RATTLER MT.
Comment (Workings): OPEN TUNNEL WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. OF CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS AND A CAVED TUNNEL A SHORT DISTANCE ABOVE.
References
Reference (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
Reference (Deposit): POWERS, H. A., 1955, EDRES MINE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): 1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 90
Reference (Deposit): 1955 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT.
Reference (Production): ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1949, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 90
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