The River View Mine is a lead mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,100 Feet (2,164 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 44.3861, -114.29720
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River View Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: River View Mine
Secondary: Riverview Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Bayhorse 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: Aetna Mining And Investment Co.
Production
Year: 1881
Time Period: 1877-1881
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^130 Oz. Ag/Ton., Pb
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1877
Discovery Year: 1877
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: IRREGULAR LENSES, STRINGERS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Bayhorse Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Production): Production Value $500,000. Mined Intermittently From 1881-1917
Comment (Geology): Stringers Parallel To Bedding, Bayhorse Dolomite Occurs On Limb of Bayhorse Anticline
References
Reference (Deposit): Umpleby, J. B., 1913, Some Ore Deposits In Northwestern Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 539, 104 P.
Reference (Deposit): Bell, R. N., 1935, The Gold Resources Of Idaho: The Mining And Contracting Review, V. 37, No. 33, P. 6 - 7.
Reference (Deposit): Ross, Clyde P., US Geol Surv Bulletin 877, P, 132 133
Reference (Production): Umpleby, J. B., 1913, USGS Bulletin 539, P. 67.
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