Chamac Camp Lode Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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. 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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071032
MRDS ID W014221
Record type Site
Current site name Chamac Camp Lode Mine
Related records 10241962

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.50983, 44.84298 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 27 MI NW OF ELLIS

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 017E 31 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ORE GRADE LOWER VEIN: 60 - 80 % CAF2
Result UPPER VEIN AVE 30 % CAF2.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Casto Volcanics-Tuffs, Flows;Rhyolite Porphyry
    Rock description Casto Volcanics-Tuffs, Flows;Rhyolite Porphyry
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.50983, 44.84298

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike N 60 DEG E
    Dip 35 DEG NW
    Thickness 2.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture - Fissure Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
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

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS AND TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: CHAMAC LODE HAS MORE POTENTIAL, NEEDS MORE UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COX, D. C., 1954, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS NEAR MEYERS COVE, 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 AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 98, 34 P.

  • Deposit

    1944 DIREXPL USBM, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 98

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1954 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 98

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1954, IDA. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 98, P. 29

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 VEINS, 3 SETS OF FRACTURES AND FISSURES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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