Mine detail: Big Lead Lode Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 44.85488, -114.50403

Resource(N)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Orebody form: PINCH & SWELL
Discovery year: 1942

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Tuff
Associated rock:Challis Volcanics-Tuffaceous Rock
Associated type:Tuff
Alteration processes:Silicified

References

MRDSW014235
DEP10089190
Reference{Deposit:: COX, D. C., 1954, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS NEAR MEYERS LOVE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1015-A, 21 P.}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1954, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS NEAR MEYERS COVE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 98, 34 P.}{Deposit:: 1944 DIREXPL USBM, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 98}{Deposit:: 1947 DIREXPL ALUMINUM CO. OF AMERICA, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 98}{Deposit:: 1951 DIREXPL FLUORSPAR MINES, INC., IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 98.}{Deposit:: 1954 OTHER D. C. COX, BULL. 1015-A}{Production:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1954, IDA. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 98, P. 19.}
ReporterSiefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)