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Silver Star Property

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Silver
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Mineral rights holdings
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070420
MRDS ID W013348
MAS/MILS ID 0160590151
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Star Property
Alternate or previous names Contact

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.83172, 45.33409 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 11 3/4 MI. N.E. OF SALMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Badger Spring Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 023N 022E 10,11 Idaho

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyromorphite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Leaching
  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Sedimentary rocks and sediments.
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Faulting
Type of structure Regional
Structure name Beaverhead Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure name Brecciation

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, IRREGULAR
    Strike N 75 E
    Dip STEEPLY SE
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original Structures entry:
    Local - Property On Down Faulted Quartzite Block, Close To Major Beaverhead Fault; Brecciation
  • Original alteration entry:
    Local - Leaching, Silicification
  • Original ore control entry:
    Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name North Fork Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Boyle Cr. Mining Inc.; Sula Mont.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 152.4M

Comments on development

  • 1 Patented Claim, Sm. Gravity Concentrator

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1959, Geology And Mineral Resources Of The North Fork Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 118, 92 P.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1975, Activity Of Idaho Mining Properties, 1974, USBM, Boise, Idaho, 61 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-OCT-1990 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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