The Webfoot Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Blaine county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,399 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: 8,399 Feet (2,560 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 43.8039, -114.82310
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Webfoot Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Webfoot Mine
Secondary: Mountain King
Secondary: Vienna Group
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Blaine
District: Vienna 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: Sawtooth National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Vienna Silver Mines Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1881
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: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitized
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: NOTEWORTHY AMOUNT OF AU IN STOPE MATERIAL
Analytical Data: 20-30 OZ AG/TON
Materials
Ore: Proustite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Microcline
Gangue: Mica
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ZONE DIPS 80 DEG NE IN LOWER LEVELS
Comment (Production): 3 CARLOADS OF ORE IN ITEM 1. $103,600 PRODUCTION IN 1883.
References
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J. B., 1914, ORE DEPOSITS IN THE SAWTOOTH QUADRANGLE, BLAINE AND CUSTER COUNTIES, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 580 - K, P. 221 - 249.
Reference (Deposit): IDAHO DEPT. OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, JULY 1974 - JUNE 1975, FIRST ANNUAL REPT. ADDENDUM, 95 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1914 OTHER J. B. UMPLEBY, BULL. 580 - K
Reference (Deposit): 1927 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 21
Reference (Deposit): 1975 COMPILE IDAHO DEPT. LABOR ANN. REPT.
Reference (Production): ROSS, C. P., 1927, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 21; UMPLEBY, J. B., 1914, USGS BULL. 580 - K.
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C. P., 1927, THE VIENNA DISTRICT, BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 21, 17 P.
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