Mine detail: Giant Spar Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 44.24988, -114.85673

Resource(B)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Silver, Gold
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Chalcedony, Pyrite
Orebody form: LINEAR
Discovery year: 1860

Production

Operation type: Underground
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1942

Geology

Host type:Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Basalt, Rhyolite Dikes
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Idaho Batholith, Fault With Attitude N 29 Deg E, 84 Deg Nw; Slickensides Plunging 18 Deg Sw On N Wall Of Vein
Alteration processes:Hydrothermal Alteration, Iron-Oxide Stains

References

MRDSW014166
MAS160370394
DEP10089180
Reference{Deposit:: Choate, Raoul, 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126, 120 P.}{Deposit:: Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, Mineral Resources Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Custer And Blaine Counties, Idaho: USGS Open-File Rept., 648 P.}{Deposit:: 1962 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126}{Deposit:: 1974 Recon Tschanz, C. M., And Others, Open-File Rept.}{Deposit:: Direxpl Alcoa, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126}{Deposit:: Vannoy & Others, 1986, USGS Bulletin 1545e, P. 437, Pl. 3, No. 41}{Deposit:: Shawe & Others 1976 USGS Prof Paper 933 P 36-37}{Production:: Choate, Raoul, 1962, Idaho Bur Of Mines And Geology, Pamphlet 126, P. 82}{Reserve-Resource:: Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, USGS O.F. Rept., P. 594.}
ReporterFederspiel, Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat