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East Fluorspar Lode

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071204
MRDS ID W014464
Record type Site
Current site name East Fluorspar Lode
Related records 10256866

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.52313, 44.86208 (WGS84)
Elevation 2027
Relative position 28.5 MI NW OF CHALLIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meyers Cove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 018N 016E 25 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 4000 FT. N. JCT DUCK CR & CAMAS CR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Analytical data

Result RANDOM SAMPLES AVE 60% CAF2 - THESE SAMPLES FROM BEST ZONE OF LODE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Casto Volcanics-Rhyolite To Andesite
    Rock description Casto Volcanics-Rhyolite To Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.52313, 44.86208
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 DEG E
    Dip 30 DEG NW
    Length 15.24M
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gravel Range District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COX, D. C., 1954, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS NEAR MEYERS COVE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1015-A, 21 P

  • Deposit

    1954 RECON COX, D. C., BULL. 1015-

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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