Gertie Riddle Mine

Producer in Camas county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070783
MRDS ID W013871
Record type Site
Current site name Gertie Riddle Mine
Alternate or previous names Buttercup Mine, Russco Silver Inc., Jewel Box, Russco

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.5939, 43.5181 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position 14 MI. W. OF HAILEY, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Camas(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buttercup Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Camas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 002N 016E 7 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON WEST SLOPE OF BUTTERCUP MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Black Quartzite
    Rock description Wood River Formation-Black Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.5939, 43.5181

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1886

Mining district

District name Willow Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Phillips Petroleum Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Russco Silver, Inc.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1 FROM RECENT DEVELOPMENT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1524M

Comments on the workings information

  • LONG ABANDONED AND NOW COMPLETELY CAVED

Comments on development

  • JEWEL BOX GROUP OF 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, BUTTERCUP GROUP OF 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS AND RUSSCO GROUP OF 25 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

  • Production

    ROSS, C. P., 1930, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 33.

  • Reserve-Resource

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, OCT. 12, 1967.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-08-01 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.