Rising Star Mine

Past Producer in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Antimony, Copper, Lead
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  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 10069903
MRDS ID W007675
Record type Site
Current site name Rising Star Mine
Alternate or previous names Perserverance, Flint, Precious Metals, Leviathan, Sherman, Rising Sun
Related records 10217541

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.77847, 42.91908 (WGS84)
Elevation 1762
Relative position ABOUT 10 MI BY POOR ROAD FROM SILVER CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Flint(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Triangle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Jordan Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006S 004W 11 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • W. SLOPE OF BLACK WARRIOR MTN. AND LOWER PARTS OF ASTOR, TWILIGHT AND HARDUP GULCHES W. TO FLINT CR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ALSO VARIABLE AMOUNTS OF JAMESONITE, STIBNITE, CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Jamesonite Ore
Miargyrite Ore
Naumannite Ore
Polybasite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stephanite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Stromeyerite Ore
Beidellite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Analytical data

Result BLOCK MINED BELOW NO. 4 LEVEL ASSAYED 20 - 30 OZ AG/TON. ORE WORTH $90 A TON IN 1870

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Silver City Granite-Granodiorite
    Rock description Silver City Granite-Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.77847, 42.91908

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N
    Dip 65 DEG E
    Length 335.28M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865

Mining district

District name Flint District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Precious Metals Mines Co

Comments on the production information

  • 1869 - 1872, $132,822 PRODUCTION CONTAINING $90 TO $178/TON. MINE PRODUCED $90,000 IN 1869 (GOLD AND SILVER). G7 FROM PERSERVERANCE MINE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3657.6M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 LEVELS

Comments on development

  • 4 PATENTED, 15 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. 2 SMALL MILLS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PIPER, A. M., AND LANEY, F. B., 1926, GEOLOGY AND METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF THE REGION ABOUT SILVER CITY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 11, 165 P.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1898, THE GOLD AND SILVER VEINS OF SILVER CITY, DELAMAR AND OTHER MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO: 20TH ANN. REPT., U.S.G.S., P. 75 -205 (PART 3).

  • Deposit

    1898 COMPILE LINDGREN, 20TH ANN. REPORT

  • Deposit

    1926 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 11

  • Production

    PIPER, A. M., AND LANEY, F. B., 1926, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 11, 165 P. LINGREN, W., 1898, USGS 20TH ANN. REPT., P. 75.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references