The Wickham Mine is a gold mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.2961, -113.93170
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Wickham Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wickham Mine
Secondary: Maverick
Secondary: Liberty Bell No. 3
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Eureka District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Salmon National Forest
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Worley Lee
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SEAMS, PODS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Sericitization
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Bleaching
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): On Unnamed Stream Between Lower Diamond And Bird Creeks.
Comment (Development): Five Maverick Claims, Liberty Bell No. 3; Mill
Comment (Workings): Main Workings In Window Of Ne - Trending Structures But, Very Close To Contact With Rocks Of Nw Trend.
Comment (Geology): Original alteration entry: Local - Bleaching; Sericitization
Comment (Geology): Original ore control entry: Fissure And Shear Zones
References
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, A. L., 1959, Geology And Mineral Resources Of The North Fork Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 118, 92 P
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