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Star Mountain Prospect

Occurrence in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070766
MRDS ID W013847
Record type Site
Current site name Star Mountain Prospect
Related records 10265872

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.95923, 43.88629 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position 10.5 MI. NE OF ATLANTA, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snowyside Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Sawtooth Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007N 013E 32 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • N. SIDE ALTURAS LAKE CREEK NW. OF MOUTH OF JAKES GULCH LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gossan Stains; Iron Stains, Bleaching

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ACROSS AN 8 - INCH THICKNESS CONTAINED 0.1 PPM AU, 15 PPM AG, 10000 PPM PB (1%), 920 PPM ZN
Result SAMPLE ACROSS GOSSAN-STAINED VEIN HAD 100 PPM AG, 15000 PPM PB, 350 PPM ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.95923, 43.88629
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS
    Strike N 75 DEG W
    Dip 58 DEG NE
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 283.46M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alturas Lake Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bob Summers, Kay Thurman, Ken Washington

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, Mineral Resources Of The Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1319-D, 174p.

  • Deposit

    1970 OTHER T. H. KIILSGAARD AND OTHERS, BULL. 1319-

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANY VEINS; 1 VEIN STRIKES N 84 DEG W, DIPS 63 DEG NE; ANOTHER VEIN STRIKES N 80 DEG W, DIPS 50 DEG NW.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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