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Blue Star Prospect

Occurrence in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073460
MRDS ID W019559
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Star Prospect
Alternate or previous names Pinehurst Silver
Related records 10208250

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.21713, 47.54047 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position .5 MI ENE OF PINEHURST

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kellogg West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coeur D'Alene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 002E 04 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS PAGE MINE PROPERTY. GIVEN UTM ABOUT CENTER OF PROPERTY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES ASSAYED 15.5 OZ AG AND 68 % PB / TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation-Quartzose Argillite, Argillite
    Rock description Prichard Formation-Quartzose Argillite, Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.21713, 47.54047
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Between Pinehurst And Osburn Faults.

Ore body information

  • Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Painted Desert Uranium And Oil Co. ( 60 % )
  • Type Owner
    Owner Pinehurst Silver ( 40 % ), Painted Desert ( 60 % )

Comments on development

  • 160 ACRES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, MARCH 21 , 1974 ; MAR. 30 , 1970

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 1975 DIRECTORY OF MINES FOR IDAHO AND WASHINGTON: SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, P. 19 AND 106

  • Deposit

    BROWN, B. R., DIR., 1975 , FIRST ANN. REPT. ADDENDUM OF THE IDAHO DEPT. OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, P. 72

  • Deposit

    1975 COMPILE IDAHO DEPT. LABOR 1ST ANN. REPT. ADDENDU

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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