Meyers Cove Antimony

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Antimony, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071046
MRDS ID W014242
Record type Site
Current site name Meyers Cove Antimony

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.52037, 44.83377 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 25 MI NW OF CHALLIS ; 1 MI BY TRAIL FROM MEYERS COVE

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

  • WEST SIDE OF CAMAS CR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore
Barite Gangue

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) -114.52037, 44.83377

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Andrew Lee

Mining district

District name Parker Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C. P., 1934, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CASTO QUADRANGLE, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 854, 135 P.

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C. P., 1927 , ORE DEPOSITS IN THE TERTIARY LAVA IN THE SALMON RIVER MOUNTAINS, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 25 , 20 P.

  • Deposit

    1927 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPH 25

  • Deposit

    1934 GEOLMAP ROSS, C. P., BULL. 854

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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