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Weippe Iron Deposit

Occurrence in Clearwater county in Idaho, United States with commodities Iron, Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096467
MRDS ID W026577
Record type Site
Current site name Weippe Iron Deposit
Related records 10168034

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.9285, 46.37427 (WGS84)
Elevation 960
Relative position 4 MI S OF WEIPPE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clearwater(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weippe South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kooskia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hamilton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Clearwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 035N;034N 004E;004E 34,35,36,01,02,11 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT ALSO LOCATED IN SECTION 12 OF T34N, R4E AND SECTIONS 1, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 28, AND 33 OF T35N, R4E; LOCATION APPROXIMATE BECAUSE DEPOSIT PLOTTED IN T34N, R4E, SECTION 2, THE SITE WHERE DEPOSIT WAS DISCOVERED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result 18 SAMPLES SHOWED 14.8 - 49.2 % FE
Result 13 OTHERS SHOWED 5.7 - 44.9 % FE AND TRACE - 0.05 OZ AU/TON
Result 13 SAMPLES SHOWED TRACE - $3.51 AU/TON

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.9285, 46.37427
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Wm. Gaffney

Mining district

District name Weippe Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 5.49M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS AND CUTS

Comments on development

  • 8000 ACRES APPLIED FOR ( 1900'S )

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHER, R. R., 1964 , MINERAL RESOURCES - IRON IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1 , P. 104 - 111

  • Deposit

    MAC DONALD, E. H., 1909 , WEIPPE, IDAHO, AND SOME ADJACENT IRON DEPOSITS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT.

  • Deposit

    1909 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT.

  • Deposit

    1964 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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