Riverside

Prospect in Kootenai county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Zinc
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Mineral rights holdings
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096438
MRDS ID W019449
MAS/MILS ID 0160550012
Record type Site
Current site name Riverside

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.41324, 47.73676 (WGS84)
Elevation 1052
Relative position 19 MI NNW OF KELLOGG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kootenai(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Skitwish Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coeur D'Alene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Kootenai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 051N 001W 25 SWSWNW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1 Mi Below Mouth Of Bootjack Cr.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching; Sericitization

Analytical data

Result PB ISOTOPE COMPOSITION: PB206/PB204 = 16.518
Result PB207/PB204 = 15.423
Result PB208/PB204 = 36.226

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Lower Wallace Form-Limy Shales And Argillites
    Rock description Lower Wallace Form-Limy Shales And Argillites
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.41324, 47.73676

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Brecciation
Type of structure Regional
Structure name Burnt Cabin Fault
Type of structure Regional
Structure name Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of WNW Trend

Ore body information

  • General form BANDS, SEAMS, IRREGULAR BUNCHES
    Strike N 30 DEG W
    Dip 74 DEG NE
    Length 12.19M
    Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906

Mining district

District name Little North Fork District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Riverside Copper Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • No Production (Idaho Bur Mines)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M

Comments on development

  • 5 Patented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Copper - Fissure Vein Strikes N 45 Deg W, Dips 82 Deg Ne

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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