Lone Star Prospect

The Lone Star Prospect is a copper mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 9,501 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Lone Star Prospect  

State:  Idaho

County:  Lemhi

Elevation: 9,501 Feet (2,896 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 45.1144, -113.58830

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Lone Star Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lone Star Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Lignite
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead


Location

State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Sandy Creek District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Salmon National Forest


Holdings

Type: Patented


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Bell Mining Co.
Years: 1900 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1894
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Beaverhead Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Workings): 6 Adits, Totalling 683 Ft.

Comment (Location): On The Ridgetop Between The 2 Forks Of Sandy Cr. 3500 Ft. S 60 W Of Goldstone Mtn. ; Info From Land.St :(1978)

Comment (Development): 3 Patented Claims, No Road Access (1980)

Comment (Geology): Original tectonic setting entry: Medicine Lodge Thrust System-Autocthon


References

Reference (Deposit): Forest Service Files, D.W. Peters, Salmon, Id


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