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Worthing-Kaufman Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper
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  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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072000
MRDS ID W015804
MAS/MILS ID 0160590403
Record type Site
Current site name Worthing-Kaufman Mine
Alternate or previous names Kauffman - Weaver, Worthing and Weaver, Kaufman, Weaver

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.87057, 44.2316 (WGS84)
Elevation 2530
Relative position 6 1/2 MI SE OF RENO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copper Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Birch(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 010N 030E 03 Idaho
Boise 011N 030E 34 SWSW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • About 2.5 Mi N Of Weimer Mine And Lies Partly Within Lemhi And Clark Counties

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation
  • (Local) Fe And Mn-Stains

Analytical data

Result 2 SAMPLES OF UPPER ORE BODY CONTAINED 0.5 AND 9.7% PB, 0.7 AND 0.1% ZN, NONE AND TRACE AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock description Limestone;Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.87057, 44.2316
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Folds
Type of structure Local
Structure name Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PIPE-LIKE SHOOTS
    Strike N 35 DEG E
    Dip NW
    Thickness 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding
  • Fault
  • Fold

Comments on the geologic information

  • The Carbonate Ore Body Is Controlled By Bedding Of Folded Limestone And Is Thickest On Flanks Of Anticlines And Bottoms Of Synclines; The Upper Body Is Controlled Irregularly By Minor Folding And Faulting
  • Original Structures entry:
    Local - Minor Folds, Faults
  • Original concentration process entry:
    Hydrothermal
  • Original alteration entry:
    Local - Oxidation, Fe And Mn-Stains
  • Original ore control entry:
    Limestone Bedding Planes, Faults Trending Nw, Folds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904
Discoverer John Weaver And Edward Kaufman

Mining district

District name Birch Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Targhee National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. G. Worthing, Edward Kaufman, P. C. Weaver

Comments on the production information

  • Total Production Estimated At $22,000. A Small Amount Of Of Pb Ore Produced In 1915 Was 5 Or 6 Cars Of Ore Which Returned About $1000/Car. Item 8 Was 1 Or 2 Cars/Year. Item 9 And 10 For Returns From 4 Cars Hand-Sorted Ore; Item 9 From Upper Ore Body, Item 10 From Carbonate Ore Body. Item 11 Was Hand-Sorted Ore.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2407.92M

Comments on development

  • 15 Claims - 7 Owned Jointly By Worthing And Kaufman, 6 Owned By Worthing, 2 Owned By Weaver ; Econ.Com: All Water Used Hauled 5 Miles From Birch Creek

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    Items 1, 8, Shenon, P. J., 1928, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 27; Items 9, 10, Anderson, A. L., And Wagner, W. R., 1944, Idaho Bur. Mines And Geology Pamphlet 70; Item 11, Umpleby, J. B., 1917, USGS Prof. Paper 97

  • Deposit

    Shenon, P. J., 1928, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Birch Creek District, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 27, 25 P.

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., And Wagner, W. R., 1944, Lead-Zinc-Copper Deposits Of The Birch Creek District, Clark And Lemhi Counties, Idaho: Idaho Bur Mines And Geology Pamphlet 70, 43 P.

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., 1917, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Mackay Region, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 97, 129 P.

  • Deposit

    Bell, R. N., 1907, Eighth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1906.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 Parallel Ore Bodies - Upper And Carbonate Bodies; The Carbonate Body Described Above; Upper Ore Body Ave. 4 Ft Wide; Gossan Ore Body Is 2000 Ft Long, 50 Ft Wide

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 19-MAY-1992 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

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