The Falling Star Group is a silver mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,199 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: 8,199 Feet (2,499 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 43.9186, -114.43940
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Falling Star Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Falling Star Group
Secondary: Falling Star-West Pass Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Upper East Fork Salmon River 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: Sawtooth National Forest
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: DISCONNECTED, IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 14 CHIP SAMPLES AVERAGED 1.43 OZ AG/TON, 5.86% PB, AND 5.48% ZN.
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Diopside
Comments
Comment (Workings): One 40 Ft. Adit and Several Pits.
Comment (Location): 6 Miles Up West Pass Creek Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using Gis Overlay Analysis With Usfs Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.
Comment (Development): 22 Claims
References
Reference (Deposit): Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, Mineral Resources Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Custer And Blaine Counties, Idaho: USGS Open - File Rept., 648 P
Reference (Deposit): 1974 Other C. M. Tschanz And Others, Open - File Rept
Reference (Deposit): Vannoy And Others, 1986, U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1545-E, P. 453; Plate 3, No. 226.
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