The Weidman Workings is a gold mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,699 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.2831, -114.91690
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Weidman Workings MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Weidman Workings
Secondary: Sturkey
Secondary: Progressive
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Stanley 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: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Weidman Faith Mining Co.
Owner Name: John Weidman
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Placer
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Idaho Batholith
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ONE AREA OF PLACER CONTAINED $1.63 AU/CY
Analytical Data: GOLD WAS ESTIMATED AS 715 FINE
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): The Overburden Consists of Coarse Angular Material Grading Into Finer Material At Depth; the Gold Was Concentrated In the Lower 18 Inches.
Comment (Location): On Flats Between Kelley Creek & Doron Gulch
Comment (Development): 12 Unpatented Claims
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 363, P. 189.
Reference (Deposit): Griner, W. C., 1974, Seventy - First Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1973 - 1974, 98 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1962 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126
Reference (Deposit): 1974 Compile 71st Ann. Idaho State Mine Inspector's Rept., 1973
Reference (Production): Choate, R., 1962, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Pamphlet 126.
Reference (Deposit): Choate, Raoul, 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Pamphlet 126, 120 P.
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