Meyers Cove

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090615
MRDS ID D001448
Record type Site
Current site name Meyers Cove

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.50093, 44.83321 (WGS84)

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 017N;019N 016E;017E 01;29,30,31,32 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. AND LONG. ARE APPROX.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.50093, 44.83321

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A.L., 1943, THE ANTIMONY AND FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS NEAR MYERS COVE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: ID. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 6

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1974 Fisher, Fred S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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