Mine detail: Springfield Scheelite Mine

Previously called 'White Mare Group'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.78266, -115.3679

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Scheelite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Orebody form: LENTICULAR MASS
Discovery year: 1945

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1953

Geology

Host rock:Limestone;Tactite
Host type:Quartz Monzonite,Skarn (Tactite)
Associated rock:Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite

References

MRDSW013918
DEP10070818
Reference{Deposit:: CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1304, 431 P.}{Deposit:: COOK, E. F., 1956, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH - CENTRAL IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108, 40 P.}{Deposit:: 1947 DIREXPL BRADLEY MINING CO.}{Deposit:: 1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108}{Deposit:: 1973 RECON CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, BULL. 1304}{Production:: COOK, E. F., 1956, IDA. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 108, P. 37.}
ReporterMiller, Pat J.