Mine detail: North Vein Mine

Previously called 'North Pit'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.85568, -114.49983

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Fluorite
Gangue:	Barite
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
Other material:	Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Tuff,Dacite,Andesite
Associated rock:	Oligo Challis Volcanics-Andesite And Dacite, Flows And Tuffs
Associated type:	Tuff,Dacite,Andesite

References

MRDS	W014233
MAS	160590383
DEP	10105689
Reference	{Deposit:: Anderson, A. L., 1954, Fluorspar Deposits Near Meyers Cove, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 98, 34 P}{Deposit:: Anderson 1943 Id Bur Mines and Geol Pamph 62, 20 P}{Deposit:: Cox, D.C., 1954, Fluorspar deposits near Myers Cove, Lemhi County, Idaho; USGS Bulletin 1015-A}{Deposit:: Shawe and Others, 1976, Geology and resources of fluorine in the United States; USGS Professional Paper 933, P 35-38}{Production:: Anderson, A. L., 1954, Ida. Bureau Of Mines and Geol. Pamphlet 98 P. 22.}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)