Weidman Workings

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070982
MRDS ID W014147
Record type Site
Current site name Weidman Workings
Alternate or previous names Sturkey, Progressive

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.91784, 44.28298 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position 3.5 MI N OF LOWER STANLEY (TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basin Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(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

Salmon-Challis 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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011N 013E 15 SE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Flats Between Kelley Creek & Doron Gulch

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result GOLD WAS ESTIMATED AS 715 FINE
Result ONE AREA OF PLACER CONTAINED $1.63 AU/CY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Porphyritic Latite Dikes
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Porphyritic Latite Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.91784, 44.28298

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Idaho Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Bed

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Stanley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner John Weidman
  • Type Owner
    Owner Weidman Faith Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 5.607HA
    Overall length 487.68M
    Overall width 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • The Overburden Consists of Coarse Angular Material Grading Into Finer Material At Depth; the Gold Was Concentrated In the Lower 18 Inches.

Comments on development

  • 12 Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    Choate, R., 1962, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Pamphlet 126.

  • Deposit

    Choate, Raoul, 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Pamphlet 126, 120 P.

  • Deposit

    Griner, W. C., 1974, Seventy - First Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1973 - 1974, 98 P.

  • Deposit

    1962 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126

  • Deposit

    1974 Compile 71st Ann. Idaho State Mine Inspector's Rept., 1973

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 363, P. 189.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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