Wingding Claim

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Mica
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071828
MRDS ID W015405
MAS/MILS ID 0160590711
Record type Site
Current site name Wingding Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.19983, 45.38459 (WGS84)
Elevation 1326
Relative position 1.75 MI SW OF INDIANOLA RANGER STATION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ulysses(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 024N 019E 26, 35 NWSE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Several Hundred Ft Upstream From Twilight Mine; 300 - 400 Ft Above Saw Log Gulch

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Mica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Gneiss, Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.19983, 45.38459

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Box Work

Ore body information

  • Width 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original Structures entry:
    Local - Box Work

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mackinaw District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Magnuson Bevan

Comments on development

  • M. Bevan Worked Total Of 7 Claims Including Wingding And Twilight

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Sturm, F. H., 1954, General Geology Of Some Replacement Monazite Deposits In Lemhi County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M. S. Thesis, 64 P

  • Deposit

    Elk City Quad, IBMG 1982 Mine And Prospect Map Series, V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Chalcopyrite Vein Strikes N 65 Deg W, 47 Deg Ne, Is 15 Ft. Long, 5 Ft. Wide. Width And Strike Above Refer To Pegmatite On Bevan Claim.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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