The Starlight Mine is a gold mine located in Blaine county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,001 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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 43.6806, -114.30720
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Starlight Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Starlight Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Blaine
District: Warm Springs Creek 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: Pulaski Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Augite
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Vesuvianite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Apatite
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR THE LEVEL OF ELKHORN CREEK
Comment (Deposit): PROBABLY DEEPER CONTINUATION OF ELKHORN MINE ORE BODIES
References
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J. B., AND OTHERS, 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WOOD RIVER REGION, IDAHO, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE MINNIE MOORE AND NEAR-BY MINES: USGS BULL. 814, P. 1-245.
Reference (Deposit): BELL, R. N., 1913, FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1912.
Reference (Deposit): 1913 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANN. REPT. 1912
Reference (Deposit): 1930 GEOLMAP J. B. UMPLEBY AND OTHERS, BULL. 814
Reference (Production): UMPLEBY, J. B., AND OTHERS, 1930, USGS BULL. 814
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