North Star Prospect

Prospect in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096856
MRDS ID D009917
Record type Site
Current site name North Star Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.93422, 45.53799 (WGS84)
Elevation 1378
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1.3 MI S25W OF GIBBONSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gibbonsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisdom(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
026N 021E 35,36 NE OF SE (35); NW OF SW (36) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF CLAIM GROUP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore

Analytical data

Result FS MIN EXAM DOW 1971

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.93422, 45.53799

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gibbonsville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, PORTALS CLEANED IN 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOREST SERVICE FILES, D. W. PETERS, SALMON, ID

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-82 Peters, Donald W U.S. Forest Service
Updater 01-FEB-85 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.