Star Mountain Prospect

Prospect in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10265872
MRDS ID W013847
MAS/MILS ID 0160130136
Record type Site
Current site name Star Mountain Prospect
Related records 10070766

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.95923, 43.88629 (WGS84)
Elevation 2231
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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 007 N 013 E 32 SE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.95923, 43.88629

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bob Summers, Kay Thurman And Ken Washington
    Interest 100
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1966

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAWTOOTH PRIMITIVE AREA, IDAHO.

  • Deposit

    Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, Mineral Resources Of The Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1319-D, 174p. P.D99-100.

  • Deposit

    V.E. MITCHELL, ET. AL; MINES AND PROSPECTS MAP SERIES, 1981,

  • Deposit

    HAILEY QUAD

  • Deposit

    KIILSGAARD AND OTHERS, 1970, USGS B-1319-D

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAMPLES FROM VEINS, WALLROCK AND PIT CONTAINED VALUES FROM NIL TO 0.1 PPM GOLD, 1.0 TO 100 PPM SILVER, 300 TO 15,000 PPM LEAD, AND 200 TO 920 PPM ZINC. TWO STREAM SAMPLES WERE TAKEN. NEITHER SAMPLE WAS ANOMALOUS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-APR-1995 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.