Silver Star Property

The Silver Star Property is a lead and gold mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,902 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Silver Star Property
Secondary: Contact

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: North Fork Area

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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Boyle Cr. Mining Inc.; Sula Mont.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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

Form: PODS, IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Structure: Brecciation

Type: R
Structure: Beaverhead Fault

Type: L
Structure: Faulting

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Silicification

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Leaching

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: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Pyromorphite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Development): 1 Patented Claim, Sm. Gravity Concentrator

Comment (Geology): Original Structures entry: Local - Property On Down Faulted Quartzite Block, Close To Major Beaverhead Fault; Brecciation

Comment (Geology): Original alteration entry: Local - Leaching, Silicification

Comment (Geology): Original ore control entry: Shear Zone

References

Reference (Deposit): Anderson, A. L., 1959, Geology And Mineral Resources Of The North Fork Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 118, 92 P.

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1975, Activity Of Idaho Mining Properties, 1974, USBM, Boise, Idaho, 61 P.

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