River View Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071116
MRDS ID W014339
MAS/MILS ID 0160370339
Record type Site
Current site name River View Mine
Alternate or previous names Riverview Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.29812, 44.38599 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 11 MI SSW OF CHALLIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bayhorse(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 012N 018E 11 NE Idaho

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bayhorse Dolomite-Dolomitic Limestone
    Rock description Bayhorse Dolomite-Dolomitic Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.29812, 44.38599

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bayhorse Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENSES, STRINGERS
    Strike NW
    Dip NE
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding, Structure, Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • Stringers Parallel To Bedding, Bayhorse Dolomite Occurs On Limb of Bayhorse Anticline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1877
Year of first production 1877

Mining district

District name Bayhorse District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Aetna Mining And Investment Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1881
    Period 1877-1881
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^130 Oz. Ag/Ton., Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Silver Silver 3671g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • Production Value $500,000. Mined Intermittently From 1881-1917

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1828.8M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., 1913, Some Ore Deposits In Northwestern Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 539, 104 P.

  • Deposit

    Bell, R. N., 1935, The Gold Resources Of Idaho: The Mining And Contracting Review, V. 37, No. 33, P. 6 - 7.

  • Deposit

    Ross, Clyde P., US Geol Surv Bulletin 877, P, 132 133

  • Production

    Umpleby, J. B., 1913, USGS Bulletin 539, P. 67.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references