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Washington Peak Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071178
MRDS ID W014425
Record type Site
Current site name Washington Peak Mine
Alternate or previous names Blackman Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.67872, 44.01799 (WGS84)
Elevation 2911
Relative position 40.5 MI. SW OF CHALLIS; 8 MI. E OF OBSIDIAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washington Peak(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

Sawtooth 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 008N 015E 14,15 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.67872, 44.01799
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887

Mining district

District name Unorganized District; Washington Peak Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. Kennedy
  • Type Owner
    Owner James Briggs, O. J. Neeley

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS ADITS, CUTS, SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GREEN, W. R., 1968, WASHINGTON PEAK MINE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT

  • Deposit

    1968 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT

  • Production

    GREEN, W. R., 1968, IDA. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. OPEN - FILE REPT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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