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Chalspar No. 5 Prospect

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071075
MRDS ID W014284
MAS/MILS ID 160370275
Record type Site
Current site name Chalspar No. 5 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.3458, 44.4761 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Relative position 7 1/4 MI SW OF CHALLIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bayhorse(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 013N 018E 9 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Head Of Daugherty Gulch

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES OF UNCOVERED VEIN CONTAINED 40 AND 44% CAF2.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Bayhorse Dolomite; Garden Creek Phyllite
    Rock description Bayhorse Dolomite;Garden Creek Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.3458, 44.4761
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bayhorse Anticline - Vein On West Flank.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture - Fissure Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953

Mining district

District name Bayhorse District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 Broad And Long Bulldozer Cuts.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1954, A Preliminary Report On The Fluorspar Mineralization Near Challis, Custer County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 101, 13 P

  • Deposit

    1954 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 10

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-07-01 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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