The Red Bluff Mine is a tungsten mine located in Valley county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,199 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: 8,199 Feet (2,499 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 45.1597, -115.40280
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Red Bluff Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Bluff Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Valley
District: Edwardsburg District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Payette National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1954
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^.98 % Wo4 Average
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1954
Discovery Year: 1952
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: STRINGERS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Black Manganese Stain
Rocks
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE GRADE 1.0 - 1.5% WO4
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Huebnerite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Rhodonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): BETWEEN MIDDLE AND SOUTH FORKS OF SMITH CREEK
Comment (Deposit): STEEPLY DIPPING QUARTZ VEIN AND SEVERAL SMALLER, SIMILAR VEINS
Comment (Geology): KIRKPATRICK (1974) IS UNSURE OF THE AGE OF THE QUARTZ - FELDSPAR GNEISS, HE BELIEVES IT IS BETWEEN PRECAMBRIAN AND CRETACEOUS; OTHER PRIOR AUTHORS, INCLUDING HOBBS (1964), HAVE LABELED THIS ROCK AS CRETACEOUS GRANITIC ROCKS OF THE IDAHO BATHOLITH
References
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
Reference (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
Reference (Deposit): 1964 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO.
Reference (Production): KIRKPATRICK, G. E., 1974, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS.
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