Mine detail: Bear Trap Lode Mine

Previously called 'Bear TrapLode No. 4'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.85738, -114.49343

Resource(N)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Barite, Chalcedony, Pyrite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR SEAMS & STRINGERS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated rock:Volcanic Rocks
Associated type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Alteration processes:Silicified

References

MRDSW014230
MAS160590381
DEP10071039
Reference{Deposit:: Cox, D. C. , 1954, Fluorspar Deposits Near Meyers Cove, Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1015-A, 21 P.}{Deposit:: Anderson, A. L., 1954, Fluorspar Deposits Near Meyers Cove , Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 98, 34 P.}{Deposit:: Minobras, 1975: Idaho Industrial Minerals: Minobras, P. 45 - 47.}{Deposit:: 1944 Direxpl USBM, Ida. Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamph 98}{Deposit:: 1947 Direxpl Aluminum Co. Of America, Ida. Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 98.}{Deposit:: 1954 Recon Cox, D. C., Bulletin 1015-A}{Deposit:: 1954 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 98}{Deposit:: US Bur Mines War Min Rept 145 Flrite Vns Near Meyers Cove 7}{Deposit:: US Bur Mines War Min Rept 460 1945 Meyers Cove Flspr Deposit}{Deposit:: Shawe & Others 1976 USGS Prof Paper 933 P 35-38}{Production:: Anderson, A. L., 1954, Ida. Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 98, P. 24.}
ReporterSiefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Kauffman, John D.