Willis Diggings

The Willis Diggings is a gold mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,601 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: Willis Diggings  

State:  Idaho

County:  Custer

Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 44.2803, -114.94000

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Willis Diggings MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Willis Diggings
Secondary: Willis Placers


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Silver


Location

State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Loon Creek 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

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Placer
Discovery Method: 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

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GOLD AVE $13 PER OZ 1920 PRICES


Materials

Ore: Amalgam
Ore: Cinnabar


Comments

Comment (Production): $23000 Value

Comment (Location): Stanley Creek Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using Gis Overlay Analysis With Usfs Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.

Comment (Geology): In Gold Bearing Gravels


References

Reference (Production): Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974 , USGS Open - File Report, P. 627

Reference (Deposit): Bailey, E.H., USGS, Personal Files.

Reference (Deposit): Umpleby, J. B., And Livingston, D. C., 1920 , A Reconnaissance In South Central, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bull. 3 , 23 P.

Reference (Deposit): Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974 , Mineral Resources Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Custer And Blaine Counties, Idaho: USGS Open - File Report, 648 P.

Reference (Deposit): Choate, Raoul State Of Idaho Pamphlet No 126 P 116

Reference (Deposit): Bell, R.N., 1913, Fourteenth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1912, P 100-101


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