Weber Mine

Past Producer in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, 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. 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. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073382
MRDS ID W019438
Record type Site
Current site name Weber Mine
Alternate or previous names New Rainbow Mine
Related records 10240664, 10192822

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.43633, 47.90097 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128
Relative position 5 MI S OF LAKEVIEW

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lakeview(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coeur D'Alene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pend Oreille Lake(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bonner

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 053N 001W 35 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MI S OF THE CONJECTURE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ASSAYS AVERAGE 0.02 TO 0.04 OZ AU, 7 TO 8 OZ AG, AND 0.5 % PB AND ZN / TON IN 1962 SHIPMENT (SAVAGE, 1967) A 1934 ASSAY SHOWED 40 - 105 OZ. AG, .10 OZ. AU / TON, 3 - 4 % PB, 12 % ZN, 1. % SB, AND 1. % AS. A 1963 PIT ASSAY SHOWED 4.2 - 16.5 OZ AG, 0.03 OZ AU / TON.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Stibnite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result FREE SILVER REPORTED 400 OZ / TON (CALKINS, 1909) LEAD ISOTOPES: PB206/PB204 = 19.048
Result PB207/PB204 = 15.666
Result PB208/PB204 = 39.270. (ZARTMAN AND STACY)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Dikes-Diabase Or Lamprophyre Dikes
    Rock description Dikes-Diabase Or Lamprophyre Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Lower Member Wallace Formation-Calcareous Shale
    Rock description Lower Member Wallace Formation-Calcareous Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) Piegan Group.

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Packsaddle Fault To The W, Cascade Fault To The E.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Considerable Displacement; Lamprophyre Dikes Nearby; Brecciation; Gouge

Ore body information

  • Width 24.38M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault; Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer F. A. Weber
Year of first production 1890

Mining district

District name Lakeview District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Austin - Meyer Corp. (R. B. Austin)

Production statistics

  • Year 1890
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^40 Oz. Ag/Ton, 8 - 10 % Pb, 8 - 10 % Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Zinc Zinc 9wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 9wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 1129g/mt
  • Year 1896
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^27 Oz. Ag / Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 762g/mt
  • Year 1900
    Period 1896 - 1900
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^24 - 33 Oz. Ag / Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 805g/mt
  • Year 1901
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^30.5 Oz. Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 861g/mt
  • Year 1908
    Period 1907 - 1908
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^160 Oz. Ag / Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 4518g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 1280.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • FREE - MILLING PLANT; 4200 FT OF DEVELOPMENT; 4 DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • 4 PATENTED, 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALKINS, F. C., 1909 , A GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF NORTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHWESTERN MONTANA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 384 , 112 P.

  • Deposit

    ZARTMAN, R. E., AND STACEY, J. S., 1971 , LEAD ISOTOPES AND MINERALIZATION AGES IN BELT SUPERGROUP ROCKS, NORTHWESTERN MONTANA AND NORTHERN IDAHO: ECON. GEOL., V. 66 , P. 849 - 860

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, E., 1928 , GEOLOGY AND SILVER ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PEND OREILLE DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 31 , P. 25

  • Deposit

    MAC DONALD, D. F., 1906 , ECONOMIC FEATURES OF NORTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHWESTERN MONTANA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 285 , P. 41 - 52

  • Deposit

    5) SAVAGE, C. N., 1967 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNER COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 6 , 131 P.

  • Deposit

    6) KUN, P., 1974 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LAKEVIEW MINING DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 156 , 47 P.

  • Deposit

    1906 OTHER D. F. MAC DONALD, BULL. 285

  • Deposit

    1909 GEOLMAP F. C. CALKINS, BULL. 384

  • Deposit

    1928 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 31

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. CO. REPT. 6

  • Deposit

    1974 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 156

  • Production

    KUN, P., 1974 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 156 , 47 P.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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