The Wingding Claim is a copper mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,350 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,350 Feet (1,326 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 45.3847, -114.19890
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Wingding Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wingding Claim
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Mica
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Mackinaw 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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Magnuson Bevan
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Structure: Box Work
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Oxidation
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): Several Hundred Ft Upstream From Twilight Mine; 300 - 400 Ft Above Saw Log Gulch
Comment (Development): M. Bevan Worked Total Of 7 Claims Including Wingding And Twilight
Comment (Deposit): Chalcopyrite Vein Strikes N 65 Deg W, 47 Deg Ne, Is 15 Ft. Long, 5 Ft. Wide. Width And Strike Above Refer To Pegmatite On Bevan Claim.
Comment (Geology): Original Structures entry: Local - Box Work
References
Reference (Deposit): Sturm, F. H., 1954, General Geology Of Some Replacement Monazite Deposits In Lemhi County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M. S. Thesis, 64 P
Reference (Deposit): Elk City Quad, IBMG 1982 Mine And Prospect Map Series, V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al.
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