Mine detail: Meyers Cove Fluorspar Deposits

Previously called 'Crystle Area Chamac Camp LodeCrystle No. 1 LodeAnderson LeadSouth LeadBear Trap LeadPowder House LeadBig LeadRed Spar LodeRed Spar Extension LodeRed Spar No. 2 LodesPurple Spar LodePurple Spar Extension LodePurple Spar No. 2 LodePurple Spar No. 4 LodesFluorspar LodeAnd East Fluorspar Lode.North LeadAnd M. and M. Purcell Area Morning Sun Lode'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.85318, -114.50063

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
Tertiary:	Quartz, Calcium
Ore:	Fluorite
Orebody form:	LINEAR - NORTHEAST AND OCCASIONALLY NORTHWEST - TRENDING FAULTS AND FRACTURES FORM THE SITES OF MINERALIZATION. CHIEFLY FISSURE FILLING BUT LOCALLY MUCH REPLACEMENT OF WALL ROCK AND INCLUDED BRECCIA
Discovery year:	1942

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1951

Geology

Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated rock:	Oligo Challis Tuffs With Intercalated Flows And Interbedded Sedimentary Materials
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

References

MRDS	W006945
MAS	160590391
DEP	10069418
Reference	{Deposit:: Anderson, A. L., 1954, Fluorspar Deposits Near Meyers Cove, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Pamphlet No. 98.}{Deposit:: Cox, D. C., 1954, Fluorspar Deposits Near Meyers Cove, Lemhi County Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1015a.}{Deposit:: Ross, C.P., 1934, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Casto Quadrangle, Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 854, 135 P.}{Deposit:: Anderson, A.L., 1943, Antimony And Fluorspar Deposits Near Meyers Cove, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 62.}{Production:: Anderson, A. L., 1954, Fluorspar Dep. Near Meyers Cove, Lemhi Co., Idaho}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G., Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)