Idaho · Shoshone County
Past Producer

Richmond Mine

Shoshone County, Idaho, United States
CopperGold
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlFissure Filling
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper
GanguePyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Argillite · Wallace Formation; St. Regis Formation
Tectonic settingBelt Basin
AlterationOxidation; Gossan
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1916
Identification
Deposit ID10089458
MRDS IDW026607
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates47.35157, -115.57571
References
BELL, R. N., 1918 , NINETEENTH ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1917 , P. 77 - 78UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE CO., IDAHO: USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P.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 - 211KATZ, F. J., 1927 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1924 , PART 1 - METALS: USBM, P. 275 - 284 .5) WESTERN MINING NEWS, APRIL 13 , 1974 .6) COLLIER, A. J., 1905 , ORE DEPOSITS IN THE ST. JOE RIVER BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 285 , P. 1351905 RECON A. J. COLLIER BULL. 2851914 OTHER CALKINS AND JONES, BULL. 5401918 COMPILE 19TH ANN. REPT. OF THE IDAHO MINE INSPECTOR, 19171923 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY AND JONES, BULL. 7321927 COMPILE USBM, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., 1924 , PT. 1UMPLEBY, 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