The Springfield Scheelite Mine is a tungsten mine located in Valley county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,799 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 44.78278, -115.36694
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Springfield Scheelite Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Springfield Scheelite Mine
Secondary: White Mare Group
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Valley
District: Pistol Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Boise National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Lafe Cox
Owner Name: Bradley Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1953
Discovery Year: 1945
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR MASS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 30000 TONS HAD 0.3 - 0.4% WO3
Analytical Data: MASSIVE PYRRHOTITE AVERAGED 0.35% WO3
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR HEAD OF W. FK. SPRINGFIELD CREEK LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.
Comment (Production): TOTAL VALUE TUNGSTEN: $371,000.
Comment (Development): 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): 20000 TONS TALUS MINED AND MILLED FIRST, FOLLOWED BY 10000 TONS BEDROCK.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, BULL. 1304
Reference (Production): COOK, E. F., 1956, IDA. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 108, P. 37.
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.
Reference (Deposit): COOK, E. F., 1956, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH - CENTRAL IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108, 40 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1947 DIREXPL BRADLEY MINING CO.
Reference (Deposit): 1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108
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