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Big Lead

Past Producer 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10216911
MRDS ID W014235
MAS/MILS ID 0160590385
Record type Site
Current site name Big Lead
Related records 10089190

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.50403, 44.85488 (WGS84)
Elevation 2101
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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 018 N 017 E 30 SESWSE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.50403, 44.85488
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1942
Year of first production 1943

Mining district

District name Gravel Range District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Seaforth Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON 1954 ID BUR MINES AND GEOL PAMPH 98, P 19-22.

  • Deposit

    COX 1954 USGS BULL 1015-A FLUORSPAR DEP NEAR MEYERS CVE IDA

  • Deposit

    US BUR MINES WAR MIN REPT 145, 1943 FLUORITE VNS NEAR MEYERS

  • Deposit

    US BUR MINES WAR MIN REPT 460, 1945 MEYERS CVE FLUORSPAR DEP

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON 1943 ID BUR MINES & GEOL PAMPH 62 20D

  • Deposit

    SHAWE & OTHERS 1976 USGS PROF PAPER 933 P 35-38

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JUN-1984 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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