Westpar Prospect

Occurrence in Custer county in Idaho, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071077
MRDS ID W014286
MAS/MILS ID 160370277
Record type Site
Current site name Westpar Prospect
Alternate or previous names Westspar No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.3531, 44.4656 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Relative position 6.5 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 08,09 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Ridge South of Daugherty Gulch

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result DEPOSIT OF HIGH - GRADE.

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip NW
    Thickness 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Zones Of Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
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

  • Trenches, Pits

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-07-01 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1988-08-04 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 1976-10-01 Meier, M. Lorrie U.S. Forest Service

Beyond USGS

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