Mine detail: Riverside

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

47.73676, -116.41324

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead
Tertiary:	Copper, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form:	BANDS, SEAMS, IRREGULAR BUNCHES
Discovery year:	1906

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Lower Wallace Form-Limy Shales And Argillites
Host type:	Argillite
Alteration processes:	Bleaching; Sericitization

References

MRDS	W019449
MAS	160550012
DEP	10096438
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}{Deposit:: Umpleby, J. B., And Jones, E. L., Jr., 1923 , Geology And Ore Deposits Of Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 732 , P. 115}{Deposit:: Anderson, A. L., 1940 , Geology And Metalliferous Deposits Of Kootenai County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 53 , 67 P.}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J., Kauffman, John D.