The Rising Star Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Owyhee county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,781 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
Elevation: 5,781 Feet (1,762 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 42.9192, -116.77750
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Rising Star Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rising Star Mine
Secondary: Perserverance
Secondary: Flint
Secondary: Precious Metals
Secondary: Leviathan
Secondary: Sherman
Secondary: Rising Sun
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Owyhee
District: Flint District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Precious Metals Mines Co
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1865
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Physiographic Detail: Owyhee Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: BLOCK MINED BELOW NO. 4 LEVEL ASSAYED 20 - 30 OZ AG/TON. ORE WORTH $90 A TON IN 1870
Materials
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Jamesonite
Ore: Naumannite
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Miargyrite
Ore: Polybasite
Ore: Stromeyerite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Beidellite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Graphite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ALSO VARIABLE AMOUNTS OF JAMESONITE, STIBNITE, CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE
Comment (Location): W. SLOPE OF BLACK WARRIOR MTN. AND LOWER PARTS OF ASTOR, TWILIGHT AND HARDUP GULCHES W. TO FLINT CR.
Comment (Production): 1869 - 1872, $132,822 PRODUCTION CONTAINING $90 TO $178/TON. MINE PRODUCED $90,000 IN 1869 (GOLD AND SILVER). G7 FROM PERSERVERANCE MINE.
Comment (Development): 4 PATENTED, 15 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. 2 SMALL MILLS.
Comment (Workings): 5 LEVELS
References
Reference (Deposit): PIPER, A. M., AND LANEY, F. B., 1926, GEOLOGY AND METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF THE REGION ABOUT SILVER CITY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 11, 165 P.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1898, THE GOLD AND SILVER VEINS OF SILVER CITY, DELAMAR AND OTHER MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO: 20TH ANN. REPT., U.S.G.S., P. 75 -205 (PART 3).
Reference (Deposit): 1898 COMPILE LINDGREN, 20TH ANN. REPORT
Reference (Deposit): 1926 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 11
Reference (Production): PIPER, A. M., AND LANEY, F. B., 1926, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 11, 165 P. LINGREN, W., 1898, USGS 20TH ANN. REPT., P. 75.
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