The Riverside is a lead mine located in Kootenai county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,451 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: 3,451 Feet (1,052 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 47.7369, -116.41220
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Riverside MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Riverside
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Kootenai
District: Little North Fork 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: Coeur d'Alene National Forest
Holdings
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Riverside Copper Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1906
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Bitterroot Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BANDS, SEAMS, IRREGULAR BUNCHES
Structure
Type: R
Structure: Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of WNW Trend
Type: R
Structure: Burnt Cabin Fault
Type: L
Structure: Brecciation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching; Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PB208/PB204 = 36.226
Analytical Data: PB207/PB204 = 15.423
Analytical Data: PB ISOTOPE COMPOSITION: PB206/PB204 = 16.518
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Copper - Fissure Vein Strikes N 45 Deg W, Dips 82 Deg Ne
Comment (Development): 5 Patented Claims
Comment (Location): 1 Mi Below Mouth Of Bootjack Cr.
Comment (Production): No Production (Idaho Bur Mines)
References
Reference (Deposit): Umpleby, J. B., And Jones, E. L., Jr., 1923 , Geology And Ore Deposits Of Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 732 , P. 115
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, A. L., 1940 , Geology And Metalliferous Deposits Of Kootenai County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 53 , 67 P.
Reference (Deposit): Zartman, R. E., And Stacey, J. S., 1971 , Lead Isotopes And Mineralization Ages In Belt Supergroup Rocks, Northwestern Montana And Northern Idaho: Econ. Geology, V. 66 , No. 6 , P. 849 - 860
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