Mine detail: Gertie Riddle Mine

Previously called 'Jewel BoxRusscoRussco Silver Inc.Buttercup Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.51799, -114.59481

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Discovery year: 1886

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Wood River Formation-Black Quartzite
Host type:Quartzite
Associated rock:Idaho Batholith-Granite
Associated type:Granite

References

MRDSW013871
DEP10070783
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.}{Deposit:: SPOKANE CHRONICLE, OCT. 12, 1967; NOV. 27, 1968.}{Deposit:: USBM, 1975, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES, 1974, USBM, BOISE, IDAHO, 61 P.}{Deposit:: 1930 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 33}{Deposit:: 1975 COMPILE USBM MINING ACTIVITY LIST, 1974}{Production:: ROSS, C. P., 1930, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 33.}{Reserve-Resource:: SPOKANE CHRONICLE, OCT. 12, 1967.}
ReporterEverett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat)