The Redbird Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 44.31, -114.47470
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Redbird Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Redbird Mine
Secondary: Red Bird
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Bayhorse District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Bunker Hill Co. ( 1957 )
Production
Year: 1918
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^40. % Pb, 30 Oz/Ton Ag
Year: 1956
Time Period: 1947 - 1956
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^10 Oz Ag/Ton, 14 % Pb
Year: 1904
Time Period: 1884-1904
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^30 - 40 % Pb, 40 - 60 Oz Ag/T
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1878
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: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Clayton Anticline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Fe, Mn Stains
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE OF PRINCIPAL ORE MINERAL ANGLESITE FOUND 2 - 3 OZ AG/UNIT PB.
Analytical Data: ORE ANALYSIS: 30 - 40 % PB, 40 - 60 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Cerargyrite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Calamine
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Wulfenite
Unknown: Wad
Unknown: Tetrahedrite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Siderite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Production): Item 9 Value Over $500,000
Comment (Development): 21 Patented, 12 Unpatented Claims ( 1957 )
Comment (Deposit): 5 Ore Bodies, Largest Known As Potato Patch
Comment (Workings): 9 Levels
References
Reference (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
Reference (Reserve-Resource): Ross, C. P., 1937, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Bayhorse Region, Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 877, 161 P., P. 140.
Reference (Deposit): Ross, C. P., 1937, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Bayhorse Region, Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 877, 161 P.
Reference (Deposit): Bell, R. N., 1919, Twentieth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1918.
Reference (Deposit): Campbell, A., 1947, Forty - Eighth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry For The Year 1946.
Reference (Deposit): The Wallace Miner, Nov. 14 , 1957
Reference (Deposit): 1884 Direxpl Omaha & Grant Co., USGS Bulletin 877
Reference (Deposit): 1913 Geolmap Umpleby, J. B., Bulletin 539
Reference (Deposit): 1912 Direxpl Idaho Mining & Smelting Co., USGS Bulletin 877
Reference (Deposit): 1919 Compile 20th Ann. Idaho State Mine Inspector'S Rept., 1918
Reference (Deposit): 1925 Direxpl Ford Motor Co., USGS Bulletin 877
Reference (Deposit): Umpleby, J. B., 1913, Some Ore Deposits In Northwestern Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 539, 104 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1937 Geolmap Ross, C. P., Bulletin 877
Reference (Deposit): USBM 'Activity Of Id Mining Properties In 1974,' 1975, P.8
Reference (Deposit): USGS Open File Rept. 1975, Geol. Map, Clayton, Id Quad.
Reference (Deposit): Patton, 1948, Cornell Univ., M.S. Thesis: Geol. Of The Clayton Area, Custer Co., Id
Reference (Deposit): 1947 Compile 48th Ann. Idaho State Mine Inspector'S Rept., 1946
Reference (Deposit): Campbell, 25th, 26th, &2 8th Ann. Rept. Of The Mineral Industry In Idaho For 1923, 1924, & 1926
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