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Richmond Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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  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. 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 10089458
MRDS ID W026607
Record type Site
Current site name Richmond Mine
Related records 10208588

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.57571, 47.35157 (WGS84)
Elevation 1841
Relative position ABOUT 25 MI SE OF WALLACE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adair(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(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 Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 046N 007E 09 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR BITTERROOT DIVIDE. N OF MONITOR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation; Gossan

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wallace Formation; St. Regis Formation
    Rock description Wallace Formation;St. Regis Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.57571, 47.35157
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 75 DEG E
    Dip N
    Length 609.6M
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Filling

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1916

Mining district

District name St. Joe District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Day Mines Inc.

Production statistics

  • Year 1911
    Material ?
    Description Ap_Grade: ^10 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 10wt-pct
  • Year 1917
    Material ?
    Description Ap_Grade: ^6.17 % Cu, 0.156 Oz Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 4g/mt
    Major Copper Copper 6wt-pct
  • Year 1918
    Material ?
    Description Ap_Grade: ^8.4% Cu, 0.189 Oz Au, 0.64 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 5g/mt
    Major Copper Copper 8wt-pct
    Minor Silver Silver 18g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • 17 CARLOADS OF 10% CU ORE PRODUCED IN 1916 WITH NET VALUE OF $20,000.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1336.55M
    Overall depth 579.12M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1918 , NINETEENTH ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1917 , P. 77 - 78

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE CO., IDAHO: USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P.

  • Deposit

    CALKINS, F. C., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1914 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE REGION AROUND MULLAN, IDAHO, AND SALTESE, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 540 , P. 167 - 211

  • Deposit

    KATZ, F. J., 1927 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1924 , PART 1 - METALS: USBM, P. 275 - 284 .

  • Deposit

    5) WESTERN MINING NEWS, APRIL 13 , 1974 .

  • Deposit

    6) COLLIER, A. J., 1905 , ORE DEPOSITS IN THE ST. JOE RIVER BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 285 , P. 135

  • Deposit

    1905 RECON A. J. COLLIER BULL. 285

  • Deposit

    1914 OTHER CALKINS AND JONES, BULL. 540

  • Deposit

    1918 COMPILE 19TH ANN. REPT. OF THE IDAHO MINE INSPECTOR, 1917

  • Deposit

    1923 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY AND JONES, BULL. 732

  • Deposit

    1927 COMPILE USBM, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., 1924 , PT. 1

  • Production

    UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P. GERRY, C. N., 1920 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1918 , PT. 1 - METALS: USGS, P. 492 . GERRY, C. N., 1919 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1917 , PT. 1 - METALS: USGS, P. 489

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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