Spar Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294782
MAS/MILS ID 0300610001
Record type Site
Current site name Spar Mine
Alternate or previous names Bear Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.09019, 47.19488 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wilson Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo 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 Montana Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 017 N 027 W 31 NW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Annabergite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Siderite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.09019, 47.19488

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N75W
    Dip 80S
    Length 0M
    Width 0M
    Area 8HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N75W:80S
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8
    Date of Last Modification 811112

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1943

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. E. Scott/Joseph Brooks
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 1082-I, 1960 P.603

  • Deposit

    OWNER/OPERATOR F. E. SCOTT/JOSEPH BROOKS

  • Deposit

    MIL SHEET NOS. 2 AND 3 ALSO IN MPF #25.9

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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