Red Ledge

United States· IdahoUnknown
Contained Copper
—
Average Grade
0.39%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Felsic
Discovery Year
1890

Overview

Lenticular, 18-45 m width, in four stacked orebodies. Ore associated with fractures in rhyolite. Rhyodacite dome at depth. Stockworks contain 27 million t @ 0.3% Cu, 0.1 to 0.5% Zn, 3.1 to 9.3 g/t Ag, 0.31 g/t Au, not fully delineated by drilling (Fifarek and others, 1994).

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Siliciclastic-felsic in mature epicontinental arc

Resources & Operations

Operator: 0

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS