Mine detail: Weber Mine

Previously called 'New Rainbow Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 47.90097, -116.43633

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver, Lead
Tertiary: Antimony
Ore: Galena, Stibnite
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1890

Geology

Host rock:Lower Member Wallace Formation-Calcareous Shale
Host type:Diabase,Shale
Associated rock:Dikes-Diabase Or Lamprophyre Dikes
Associated type:Diabase
Structure:Packsaddle Fault To The W, Cascade Fault To The E., Considerable Displacement; Lamprophyre Dikes Nearby; Brecciation; Gouge
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSW019438
DEP10073382
Reference{Deposit:: CALKINS, F. C., 1909 , A GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF NORTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHWESTERN MONTANA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 384 , 112 P.}{Deposit:: ZARTMAN, R. E., AND STACEY, J. S., 1971 , LEAD ISOTOPES AND MINERALIZATION AGES IN BELT SUPERGROUP ROCKS, NORTHWESTERN MONTANA AND NORTHERN IDAHO: ECON. GEOL., V. 66 , P. 849 - 860}{Deposit:: SAMPSON, E., 1928 , GEOLOGY AND SILVER ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PEND OREILLE DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 31 , P. 25}{Deposit:: MAC DONALD, D. F., 1906 , ECONOMIC FEATURES OF NORTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHWESTERN MONTANA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 285 , P. 41 - 52}{Deposit:: 5) SAVAGE, C. N., 1967 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNER COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 6 , 131 P.}{Deposit:: 6) KUN, P., 1974 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LAKEVIEW MINING DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 156 , 47 P.}{Deposit:: 1906 OTHER D. F. MAC DONALD, BULL. 285}{Deposit:: 1909 GEOLMAP F. C. CALKINS, BULL. 384}{Deposit:: 1928 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 31}{Deposit:: 1967 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. CO. REPT. 6}{Deposit:: 1974 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 156}{Production:: KUN, P., 1974 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 156 , 47 P.}
ReporterMiller, Pat J.