Mine detail: Red Spar Lode

Previously called 'ChamacRed Spar Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.85548, -114.53703

Resource(B)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Antimony, Barium-Barite, Silica
Other material: Barite, Calcite, Chalcedony, Fluorite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Discovery year: 1941

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1951

Geology

Host type:Granite
Associated type:Granite

References

MRDSW014460
MAS160590371
DEP10193101
Reference{Deposit:: Anderson, A.L., 1943, The Antimony And Fluorspar Deposits Near Meye* Cove, Lemhi County, Idaho Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet No. 62, 20p.}{Deposit:: Anderson, A.L., 1954, Fluorspar Deposits Near Meye* Cove, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pam., N.98, 34p.}{Deposit:: Conover, F.E., 1973, Evaluation Of Diamond Drill Program: Seaforth Mining Co., Meyers Cove, Idaho, 34p.}{Deposit:: Cox, D.C., 1944, Preliminary Report On Fluorspar Deposits Near Meye* Cove In The Gravel Range District, Lemhi County, Idaho: Us Geological Survey Unpublished Report, 31p.}{Deposit:: Cox, D.C., 1954, Fluorspar Deposits Near Meye* Cove Lemhi County, Idaho: Us Geological Survey Bulletin 1015-A, 21p.}{Deposit:: Johnson, V.Z. And Nickelson, H.B., 1953, DMEA Final Report Contract IDM-E347,16p.}{Deposit:: Prater, L.S., 1943, Flotation Tests On Fluorite Ore From Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 63, 8p.}{Deposit:: Rahn,R.A.,1979, Geology Of The Meye* Cove Area, Lemhi County, Idaho: University Of Idaho Masters Thesis, 111p.}{Deposit:: Ross, C.P.,1934, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Casto Quadrangle Idaho: Us Geological Survey Bulletin 854, 135 P.}{Deposit:: Shawe, D.R., And Others, 1976, Geology And Resources Of Fluorine In The United States: Us Geological Survey Prof. Paper 933, 99p.}{Deposit:: Simplot Co., J.R., 1951, Geology And Cross-Sections Of The Beartrap Vein: U.S. Bureau Of Mines (WFOC) Backup File}{Deposit:: U.S. Bureau Of Mines, 1943, Fluorite Veins Near Meye* Cove, Lemhi Co., Idaho: U.S. Bureau Of Mines War Minerals Report 145, 7p.}{Deposit:: U.S. Bureau Of Mines, Mineral Property File Information: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Western Field Operations Center.}{Deposit:: Wagstaff, D.A.,1979, Geology Of The Sw1/4 Of The Meye* Cove Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: University Of Idaho, Master Of Science Thesis, 101p.}
ReporterSweeney, Thomas M., Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)