The Bright Star Mine is a gold mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,601 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.2592, -114.86280
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Bright Star Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bright Star Mine
Secondary: Brindle Pup Group
Secondary: Bright Star No. 3
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Tellurium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Stanley 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: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Humble Oil Co.
Owner Name: John Benzer
Owner Name: Chambers, Arthur
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Challis, Idaho
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1895
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: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Idaho Batholith
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone With Attitude Of N 10 Deg E, 83 Deg W; Gouge
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A GRAB SAMPLE ASSAYED AT 0.74 OZ OF AU AND 15.58 OZ AG PER TON.
Analytical Data: CHIP SAMPLE ACROSS F VEIN ASSAYED 91.5% CAF2.
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sylvanite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Orthoclase
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PLACER COVERS 5.3 HECTARES AND TRACE GOLD VALUES IN A PROSPECT PIT THAT ASSAYED 91.5 % FLUORITE. THE VEIN IS FOR ONLY 8 METERS. A VEIN 0.3 M THICK EXPOSED FOR 27 M IN A ASSAYED A TR AU, NO AG & NO FLUORITE. SOME AG-AU VALUES WERE OBTAINED FROM SAMPLES IN NEARBY TRENCHES & CUTS. THE PROPER NOT HAVE SIGNIFICANT FLUORITE RESOURCES, BUT MAY HAVE MINOR POSSIBILITIES AS A GOLD-SILVER PROPERTY. 12-76 THE PROPERTY WAS RESTAKED AS THE BRINDLE PUP GROUP BY CHAMBERS IN 1975, MAINLY AS A POTENTIAL AG-AU PROPERTY.
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON THE NOSE OF THE RIDGE NE OF COPPER CREEK. 3/4 MI N. OF GIANT SPAR LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS ARE FOUND IN A SHEAR ZONE THAT IS BETWEEN 60 AND 120 FT THICK
Comment (Workings): MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 3 ADITS, TWO SHAFTS, AND A NUMBER OF PROSPECT PITS AND TRENCHES
References
Reference (Deposit): CHOATE, RAOUL, 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STANLEY AREA: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 126, 120 P.
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): 1962 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 126
Reference (Deposit): 1974 RECON TSCHANZ, C. M., AND OTHERS, OPEN-FILE REPT.
Reference (Production): CHOATE, R., 1962, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 126, P. 80.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1545-E, 1986, P. 443.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3, NO. 376, P. 193.
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