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Troxpar 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 10071076
MRDS ID W014285
MAS/MILS ID 160370276
Record type Site
Current site name Troxpar Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.3375, 44.4669 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 6 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type
    Rock unit name Bayhorse Dolomite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Bayhorse Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type
    Rock unit name Garden Creek Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Garden Creek Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type
    Rock unit name Ramshorn Conglomerate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Ramshorn Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.3375, 44.4669
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

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

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

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-2, No. 254, P. 166.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-07-01 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1992-11-03 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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