River View Mine

The River View Mine is a lead mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,100 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

Name: River View Mine  

State:  Idaho

County:  Custer

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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