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Springfield Scheelite Mine

Past Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Uranium
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070818
MRDS ID W013918
MAS/MILS ID 160850004
Record type Site
Current site name Springfield Scheelite Mine
Alternate or previous names White Mare Group
Related records 10169317

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.36694, 44.78278 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position 8 MI S OF STIBNITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Chief Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork Salmon(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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 017N 009E 28 NW of SW of NE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEAD OF W. FK. SPRINGFIELD CREEK LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Analytical data

Result MASSIVE PYRRHOTITE AVERAGED 0.35% WO3
Result 30000 TONS HAD 0.3 - 0.4% WO3

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
    Rock unit name Limestone;Tactite
    Rock description Limestone;Tactite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.36694, 44.78278
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name Idaho Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR MASS

Comments on the ore body information

  • From Deleted MAS record 0160850004 (newMRDS 10169317): Area: 20 HA Length: 123 M Width: 69 M Depth to Top: 0 M Thickness: 15 M Strike: N90W Dip: 25E Type of Orebody #1 : DISSEMINATED Shape of Orebody #1 : LENTICULAR Type of Orebody #2 : REPLACEMENT Primary mode of Origin : CONT METASOMATIC Secondary mode of Origin : METAMORPHISM Primary Ore Control : LITHOLOGY Secondary Ore Control : IGNEOUS Degree of Wallrock Alter. : INTENSE Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 : CARBONATE SILIC Strike And Dip : N90W:25E Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. : 2 Total Surface Area (HA) : 20 Date of Last Modification : 830316

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 1945
Discoverer Lafe Cox
Year of first production 1953

Mining district

District name Pistol Creek District
District name Yellow Pine District

Land status

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bradley Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Lafe Cox

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL VALUE TUNGSTEN: $371,000.

Comments on the workings information

  • 20000 TONS TALUS MINED AND MILLED FIRST, FOLLOWED BY 10000 TONS BEDROCK.

Comments on development

  • Group of 10 (or 12?) UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1304, 431 P.

  • Deposit

    COOK, E. F., 1956, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH - CENTRAL IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108, 40 P.

  • Deposit

    1947 DIREXPL BRADLEY MINING CO.

  • Production

    COOK, E. F., 1956, IDA. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 108, P. 37.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1974-07-01 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2012-06-01 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey Merged and deleted 2 duplicate records.
Reporter 1992-10-29 Western Filed Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0160850004 = newMRDS 10169317
Reporter 1976-06-01 Bierk, Betty M. U.S. Geological Survey old MRDS FS00129 = newMRDS 10022703

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