The Gertie Riddle Mine is a lead, zinc, silver, and gold mine located in Camas county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,300 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: 7,300 Feet (2,225 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 43.5181, -114.59390
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Gertie Riddle Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gertie Riddle Mine
Secondary: Buttercup Mine
Secondary: Russco Silver Inc.
Secondary: Jewel Box
Secondary: Russco
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Camas
District: Willow Creek 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: Sawtooth National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Russco Silver, Inc.
Owner Name: Phillips Petroleum Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1886
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ITEM 1 FROM RECENT DEVELOPMENT
Comment (Location): ON WEST SLOPE OF BUTTERCUP MOUNTAIN
Comment (Development): JEWEL BOX GROUP OF 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, BUTTERCUP GROUP OF 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS AND RUSSCO GROUP OF 25 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): LONG ABANDONED AND NOW COMPLETELY CAVED
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): SPOKANE CHRONICLE, OCT. 12, 1967.
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C. P., 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SEAFOAM, ALDER CREEK, LITTLE SMOKY, AND WILLOW CREEK MINING DISTRICTS, CUSTER AND CAMAS COUNTIES, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 33, 26 P.
Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE CHRONICLE, OCT. 12, 1967; NOV. 27, 1968.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1975, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES, 1974, USBM, BOISE, IDAHO, 61 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1930 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 33
Reference (Deposit): 1975 COMPILE USBM MINING ACTIVITY LIST, 1974
Reference (Production): ROSS, C. P., 1930, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 33.
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