Weidman Workings

The Weidman Workings is a gold mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,699 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

Name: Weidman Workings  

State:  Idaho

County:  Custer

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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