Weber Mine

Past Producer in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10240664
MRDS ID W019438
MAS/MILS ID 0160170075
Record type Site
Current site name Weber Mine
Alternate or previous names Weber Mine Webber, Weber Open Pit Mine, New Rainbow Mine
Related records 10073382, 10192822

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.43295, 47.90296 (WGS84)
Elevation 1122
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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 053 N 001 W 35 SWNENW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Siderite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.43295, 47.90296

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 30HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 30
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1888
Year of first production 1890

Mining district

District name Lakeview District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. B. Austin - Otto Meyer
    Interest 100
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KUN 1974 IDAHO BUR MINES AND GEOL PAMPH 156

  • Deposit

    LA HEIST 1964 IN ID BUR MINES AND GEOL SPEC REPT 1 P 45

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE 1965 ID BUR MINES AND GEOL PAMPH 134

  • Deposit

    KUN 1970 MS THESIS UNIV OF IDAHO MOSCOW, IDAHO

  • Deposit

    SOPER 1918 MINING AND SCI PRESS V 116 P 125

  • Deposit

    CALKINS AND MACDONALD 1909 USGS BULL 384

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references