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Lead Star Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold
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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. 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. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070507
MRDS ID W013468
Record type Site
Current site name Lead Star Mine
Alternate or previous names Ridge
Related records 10192568

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.50233, 44.98178 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 8 MILES EAST OF MIDDLE FORK PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yellowjacket(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(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 019N 017E 07 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • N. OF MOUTH OF SLAUGHTERHOUSE GULCH; SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. ABOVE EDGE OF MEADOW OCCUPIED BY YELLOWJACKET CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Specularite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Dike-Granophyre;Dike-Vitrophyre
    Rock description Dike-Granophyre;Dike-Vitrophyre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation-Micaceous Quartzite
    Rock description Yellowjacket Formation-Micaceous Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.50233, 44.98178
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip 70 DEG NE
    Length 18.29M
    Width 0.3M
  • General form LENTICULAR
    Dip 70 DEG NE
  • General form LENTICULAR
    Dip 70 DEG NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture / Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • YELLOWJACKET FORMATION STRIKES N 55 DEG W, DIPS 45 DEG SW; MOST FRACTURES DIP ABOUT 50 DEG SW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Yellowjacket District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Frank Blades And Roy Fitz

Production statistics

  • Year 1948
    Period 1946-1948
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.14 Oz Au/Ton, 38 Oz Ag/Ton, 1.2% Cu, 24% Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 24wt-pct
    Ore Gold Gold 4g/mt
    Ore Silver Silver 1073g/mt
    Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 33.53M

Comments on the workings information

  • LOWER ADIT 110 FT. LONG; OTHER ADITS CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, ALFRED L., 1953, GOLD-COPPER-LEAD DEPOSITS OF THE YELLOWJACKET DISTRICT, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 94, 41 P

  • Deposit

    1953 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 9

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A.L., 1953, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 94, 41 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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