Springfield Scheelite Mine

The Springfield Scheelite Mine is a tungsten mine located in Valley county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,799 feet.

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Mine Info

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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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