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Starlight Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Zinc, Copper
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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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070754
MRDS ID W013830
Record type Site
Current site name Starlight Mine
Related records 10119877

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.3072, 43.6806 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 3 MI. E. OF KETCHUM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004N 018E 16 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE LEVEL OF ELKHORN CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Augite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Tremolite Gangue
Vesuvianite Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Milligen Formation-Slate, Limestone, Quartzite
    Rock description Milligen Formation-Slate, Limestone, Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.3072, 43.6806
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Warm Springs Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pulaski Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1280.16M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., AND OTHERS, 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WOOD RIVER REGION, IDAHO, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE MINNIE MOORE AND NEAR-BY MINES: USGS BULL. 814, P. 1-245.

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1913, FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1912.

  • Deposit

    1930 GEOLMAP J. B. UMPLEBY AND OTHERS, BULL. 814

  • Production

    UMPLEBY, J. B., AND OTHERS, 1930, USGS BULL. 814

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY DEEPER CONTINUATION OF ELKHORN MINE ORE BODIES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-08-01 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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