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Star Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010810
MRDS ID D004794
Record type Site
Current site name Star Mine
Related records 10220729

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.02812, 45.78933 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 4 MILES WEST OF WISE RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dickie Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisdom(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001N 012W 36 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4, SECTION 36

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granitic rock
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pioneer Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bruyn, William
    Home office Butte, Mt.
    First year 1940

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT, SHAFT AND TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85. P. 151

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8

  • Production

    M.B.M.G. BULL. 85

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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