Mine detail: Weimer Mine

Previously called 'Valley ViewWeimer CopperTowlgreen GroupPaymaster'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.1852, -112.85947

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver, Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Ore: Anglesite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Galena, Malachite, Wulfenite
Gangue: Barite, Calcite, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR, LENS, PIPE-LIKE, TABULAR, IRREGULAR, PIPELIKE
Discovery year: 1885

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Limestone;Quartzite
Host type:Quartzite,Limestone
Structure:Minor Folding
Alteration processes:Oxidation, Cu Stains, Kaolinization

References

MRDSW015805
MAS160330037
DEP10105785
Reference{Deposit:: Shenon, P. J., 1928, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Birch Creek District, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 27, 25 P.}{Deposit:: Anderson, A. L., And Wagner, W. R., 1944, Lead-Zinc-Copper Deposits Of The Birch Creek District, Clark And Lemhi Counties, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 70, 43 P.}{Deposit:: Bell, R. N., 1907, Eighth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1906}{Deposit:: Bell, R. N., 1908, Ninth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1906}{Deposit:: 1907 Compile State Mine Inspecto* Report For 1906}{Deposit:: 1908 Compile State Mine Inspecto* Report For 1907}{Deposit:: 1928 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 27}{Deposit:: 1944 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 70}{Deposit:: Reynolds 1953 (Unpublished) USBM Preliminary Examination Of Weimer Mine}{Production:: Shenon, P. J., Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 27; Item 1, Bell, R. N., 1907, Mining Industry Report; Item 2, Bell, R. N., 1908, Mining Industry Report For The Year 1907}
ReporterKauffman, John D., Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)