Webfoot Mine

Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Antimony
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070786
MRDS ID W013874
Record type Site
Current site name Webfoot Mine
Alternate or previous names Mountain King, Vienna Group
Related records 10216728

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.82402, 43.80379 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position 1.5 MI. SW OF VIENNA, ID.; 10.5 MI. SW OF GALENA, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frenchman Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 005N 014E 06 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Proustite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Mica Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitized

Analytical data

Result 20-30 OZ AG/TON
Result NOTEWORTHY AMOUNT OF AU IN STOPE MATERIAL

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.82402, 43.80379

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 65 DEG W
    Dip 51 DEG NE
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 213.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone, Fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1881

Mining district

District name Vienna District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vienna Silver Mines Co.

Comments on the production information

  • 3 CARLOADS OF ORE IN ITEM 1. $103,600 PRODUCTION IN 1883.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1828.8M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C. P., 1927, THE VIENNA DISTRICT, BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 21, 17 P.

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., 1914, ORE DEPOSITS IN THE SAWTOOTH QUADRANGLE, BLAINE AND CUSTER COUNTIES, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 580 - K, P. 221 - 249.

  • Deposit

    IDAHO DEPT. OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, JULY 1974 - JUNE 1975, FIRST ANNUAL REPT. ADDENDUM, 95 P.

  • Deposit

    1914 OTHER J. B. UMPLEBY, BULL. 580 - K

  • Deposit

    1927 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 21

  • Deposit

    1975 COMPILE IDAHO DEPT. LABOR ANN. REPT.

  • Production

    ROSS, C. P., 1927, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 21; UMPLEBY, J. B., 1914, USGS BULL. 580 - K.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONE DIPS 80 DEG NE IN LOWER LEVELS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references