| Deposit ID | 60001681 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W006947 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Bayhorse District Fluorspar Deposits |
| Alternate or previous names | Chalspar Property, Holterman Property, Keystone Property, Pacific Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.33422, 44.49989 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | THE CHALSPAR AND HOLTERMAN PROPERTIES ARE IN AND NEAR DAUGHERTY GULCH. THE KEYSTONE PROPERTY IS ON KEYSTONE MOUNTAIN (2880 M.). THE PACIFIC MINE IS NEAR BAYHORSE. |
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
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)
Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Idaho | Custer |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Quartz | Tertiary |
| Dolomite | Tertiary |
| (1) | -114.33422, 44.49989 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | BAYHORSE ANTICLINE |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure description | IDAHO BATHOLITH |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Discovery year | 1947 |
| Discoverer | Arthur Chambers (Keystone) |
| Year of first production | 1952 |
| District name | BAYHORSE DISTRICT |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. R. SIMPLOT CO. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | A. CHAMBERS |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. R. SIMPLOT CO. |
ANDERSON, A. L., 1954, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE FLUORSPAR MINERALIZATION NEAR CHALLIS, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 101
UMPLEBY, J.B., 1913, SOME ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 539, 104 P.
ROSS, C.P., 1937, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAYHORSE REGION, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 877.
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