Riverside

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

Name: Riverside  

State:  Idaho

County:  Kootenai

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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