Mine detail: Westpar Prospect

Previously called 'Westspar No. 1'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.46549, -114.35402

Resource(N)

Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Fluorite
Discovery year:	1953

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Bayhorse Dolomite; Garden Creek Phyllite;Ramshorn Conglomerate
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Bayhorse Anticline - Vein On Upper West Flank.
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	W014286
MAS	160370277
DEP	10071077
Reference	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	McHugh, Edward L., Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Meier, M. Lorrie