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Lone Star Prospect

Prospect in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, Lignite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Mineral rights holdings
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013543
MRDS ID D009901
MAS/MILS ID 0160590552
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Star Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.58921, 45.11429 (WGS84)
Elevation 2896
Relative position 15.9 MI S 74 E OF SALMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldstone Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lemhi(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 021N 024E 26,35 SW OF SW (26); NW OF NW (35) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On The Ridgetop Between The 2 Forks Of Sandy Cr. 3500 Ft. S 60 W Of Goldstone Mtn. ; Info From Land.St :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Lignite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation
    Rock description Yellowjacket
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.58921, 45.11429
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original tectonic setting entry:
    Medicine Lodge Thrust System-Autocthon

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1894

Mining district

District name Sandy Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bell Mining Co.
    First year 1900

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 208.18M

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 Adits, Totalling 683 Ft.

Comments on development

  • 3 Patented Claims, No Road Access (1980)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Forest Service Files, D.W. Peters, Salmon, Id

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Peters, Donald W. U.S. Forest Service
Updater 01-FEB-1985 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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