The Star of Hope Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 9,501 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,501 Feet (2,896 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 43.6975, -113.92250
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Star of Hope Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Star of Hope Mine
Secondary: Star Hope
Secondary: Gold Dollar Claim
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Copper Basin 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: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Kenneth And Don Lewis
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1880
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: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 40 SAMPLES ASSAYED: AVE $30, RANGE $10-$150/TON WITH 0.02 OZ AU/TON, 2-60 OZ AG/TON, 2-39% PB, 0.1-2.5% CU, 0-7% ZN
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): Value $80,000 (Staley, W. W.)
Comment (Development): 2 Patented Claims, 1 Mill-Site
Comment (Workings): 5 Levels
Comment (Location): E Side Silver Gulch Canyon; SW Part Copper Basin
References
Reference (Deposit): 1955 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Rept.
Reference (Deposit): 1968 Geolmap Nelson, W. H. And Ross, C. P., Bull. 1252-A
Reference (Production): Ross, C. P., 1941, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 57
Reference (Deposit): Ross, C. P., 1941, The Metal And Coal Mining Districts Of Idaho, With Notes On The Nonmetallic Mineral Resources Of The State: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 57, 110 P.
Reference (Deposit): Umpleby, J. B., 1917, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Mackay Region, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 97, 129 P.
Reference (Deposit): Nelson, W. H., And Ross, C. P., 1968, Geology Of Part Of The Alder Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bull. 1252-A, 30 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1917 Geolmap Umpleby, J. B., Prof. Paper 97
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1497-D, 1981, P. 288.
Reference (Deposit): Staley, W. W., 1955, Star Of Hope: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Rept.
Reference (Deposit): 1941 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 57
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