Antimony Lode

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Antimony, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096329
MRDS ID W014465
MAS/MILS ID 0160590395
Record type Site
Current site name Antimony Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.51263, 44.83178 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Relative position 26.75 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)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 017N 016E 01 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 4000 Ft S. Jct. Camas Cr., Fluorspar Gulch

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Challis Volcanics-Tuff
    Rock description Challis Volcanics-Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.51263, 44.83178

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 DEG E
    Dip 40 DEG NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gravel Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 152.4M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cox, D. C., 1954, Fluorspar Deposits Near Meyers Cove, Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1015-A, 21 P.

  • Deposit

    Minobras, 1975, Idaho Industrial Minerals: Minobras, P. 45 - 47.

  • Deposit

    1954 Geolmap Cox, D. C., Bulletin 1015-

  • Deposit

    Ida Bur Mns Pamp 62

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 26-OCT-1988 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.