Old North Star Mine

Prospect in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10120663
MRDS ID W026745
MAS/MILS ID 0160790262
Record type Site
Current site name Old North Star Mine
Alternate or previous names North Star Prospect
Related records 10078425

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -115.69601, 47.36017 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shefoot Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Joe(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 046 N 006 E 04 E2SE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -115.69601, 47.36017

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name St. Joe National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOCATED FROM SALTESE 15-MIN. TOPO MAP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-FEB-1989 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references