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Wide West Mine

Past Producer in Elmore county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070015
MRDS ID W007850
MAS/MILS ID 0160390032
Record type Site
Current site name Wide West Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.30064, 43.67628 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 1 MI SW OF ROCKY BAR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elmore(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rocky Bar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Idaho City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise 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 Elmore

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004N 010E 17, 18 SESESE (18) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On The N. Side Of Red Warrior Cr.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result WIDE WEST LODE MILLED $35 AU/TON - 1880'S PRICES.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.30064, 43.67628
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS, BUNCHES, LENSES
    Strike N 75 DEG W
    Dip STEEPLY N
    Width 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Red Warrior District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • Locally Credited With $1,250,000 Production In 1925
  • Prod. > $300,000 Strahorn, R.E. 1881

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • On Another Lode The Strike Varies From N 70 - 80 Deg W To N 70 - 80 Deg E And The Dip From 45 Deg To 80 Deg N

Comments on development

  • A 20 - Stamp And A 50 Ton Ball Mill

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1943, Geology Of The Gold - Bearing Lodes Of Rocky Bar District, Elmore Co., Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 65, P. 3

  • Deposit

    1943 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol., Pam. 6

  • Production

    Anderson, A. L., 1943, Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 65, P. 36

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1976 Siefken, Robert R. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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