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Native Silver from
Spar Lake Deposit (Troy Prospect), Troy Mining District, Lincoln County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Native Silver
Formula:Ag
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Silver data
Locality Data:Click here to view Spar Lake Deposit (Troy Prospect), Troy Mining District, Lincoln County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:614503
Long-form Identifier:1:3:614503:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Silver
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘTroy Mine, Troy Mining District, Lincoln County, Montana, USA
25.3km (15.7 miles) ⓘRock Creek Project (Rock Creek Mine; Chicago Peak; Chicago Peak Prospect), Noxon District, Sanders County, Montana, USA
26.3km (16.3 miles) ⓘMontanore deposit (Noxon Project; Rock Lake Deposit), Silver Butte Mining District (Vermillion Mining District; Cabinet Mining District), Sanders County, Montana, USA
28.2km (17.5 miles) ⓘHolliday Mine (Homestead Mine), Pilgrim Creek District, Sanders County, Montana, USA
44.1km (27.4 miles) ⓘDavis Property Prospect, Clark Fork Mining District, Bonner County, Idaho, USA
49.3km (30.7 miles) ⓘSims Prospect, Silver Butte Mining District (Vermillion Mining District; Cabinet Mining District), Sanders County, Montana, USA
50.9km (31.6 miles) ⓘSilver Leaf Group Prospect, Lakeview Mining District, Bonner County, Idaho, USA
52.1km (32.4 miles) ⓘPerry Mine, Lakeview Mining District, Bonner County, Idaho, USA
52.7km (32.7 miles) ⓘConjecture Mine, Lakeview, Lakeview Mining District, Bonner County, Idaho, USA
53.2km (33.1 miles) ⓘMax Dunn Prospect, Lakeview Mining District, Bonner County, Idaho, USA
References
Econ Geol (1986) 81:1899-1931
Hayes, T. S., Landis, G. P., Whelan, J. F., Rye, R. O., & Moscati, R. J. (2012). The Spar Lake strata-bound Cu-Ag deposit formed across a mixing zone between trapped natural gas and metals-bearing brine. Economic Geology, 107(6), 1223-1249.
 
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