Gertie Riddle Mine

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

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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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